Embalse de Salime
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| Embalse de Salime | |
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| Location | Grandas de Salime, Asturias |
| Coordinates | 43°14′10.284″N 6°50′52.008″W / 43.23619°N 6.84778°WCoordinates: 43°14′10.284″N 6°50′52.008″W / 43.23619°N 6.84778°W |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Navia River |
| Primary outflows | Navia River |
| Basin countries | Spain |
| Surface area | 6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 239.5 hm³ (194,200 acre·ft) |
| Surface elevation | 230 m |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Embalse de Salime is a reservoir in Asturias, Spain. It is formed by a gravity dam at Grandas de Salime, built 1948 to 1953 across the Navia River. At completion in 1954, it was the largest structure of this type in Spain and the second largest in Europe.
[edit] External links
- Embalses.net (Spanish) current waterlevels
- The building of the dam and hydro power plant at Grandas de Salime with plans and drawings from the construction project
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