Tucurui Dam
CountryBrazil
Height78 m
Year1984
TypeGravity
RiverTocantins
About Tucurui Dam
One of the largest dams in the Amazon basin. 8.4 GW capacity. Displaced over 30,000 people. The reservoir covers 2,850 km2 of rainforest. Significant environmental controversy.
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