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La Boquilla Dam
La Boquilla Dam (Spanish: Presa de la Boquilla) is a masonry arch-gravity dam on the Rio Conchos in Chihuahua, Mexico. It was built in 1910 to provide hydroelectricity, irrigation and flood control, and forms Toronto Lake with a capacity of . The dam and the nearby town of Boquilla de Conchos are named for the abrupt narrowing of the Conchos valley where the dam was built: ''boquilla'' means "nozzle" or "mouth". Construction began in 1910 and was completed in 1915. The dam has overflowed several times throughout its history, most notably in 1917 and 2008, causing severe flooding downstream. The power plant at the dam has a generating capacity of 25 megawatts. In 2004 it produced 164,660,000 kilowatt hours of energy. One demonstrator was killed and another injured in September 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest ...
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San Francisco De Conchos Municipality
San Francisco de Conchos is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco de Conchos San Francisco de Conchos is a town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Orig .... The municipality covers an area of 1,169.1 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 2,983, up from 2,669 as of 2005. As of 2010, the town of San Francisco de Conchos had a population of 644. Other than the town of San Francisco de Conchos, the municipality had 93 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: Boquilla de Babisas (La Boquilla de Conchos) (1,185). History Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Franciscans occupied the region and evangelized indigenous tribes of the Conchos, who could not submit. In 1 ...
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Megawatt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of Power (physics), power or radiant flux in the International System of Units, International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantification (science), quantify the rate of Energy transformation, energy transfer. The watt is named after James Watt (1736–1819), an 18th-century Scottish people, Scottish invention, inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved the Newcomen steam engine, Newcomen engine with his own Watt steam engine, steam engine in 1776. Watt's invention was fundamental for the Industrial Revolution. Overview When an object's velocity is held constant at one metre per second against a constant opposing force of one Newton (unit), newton, the rate at which Work (physics), work is done is one watt. : \mathrm In terms of electromagnetism, one watt is the rate at which electrical work is performed when a current of one ampere (A) flows across an electrical potentia ...
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Dams Completed In 1915
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect or store water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. The earliest known dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan, dating to 3,000 BC. The word ''dam'' can be traced back to Middle English, and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old cities, such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam. History Ancient dams Early dam building took place in Mesopotamia and the Middle East. Dams were used ...
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Dams In Mexico
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect or store water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. The earliest known dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan, dating to 3,000 BC. The word ''dam'' can be traced back to Middle English, and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old cities, such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam. History Ancient dams Early dam building took place in Mesopotamia and the Middle East. Dams were us ...
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List Of Lakes In Mexico
The following is a list of lakes of Mexico. Chihuahua *Lakes las chivas Durango *Lake Palmito *Lake Santiaguillo Jalisco * Lake Chapala (also in Michoacán) * Lake Sayula *Lake Cajititlán *Lake San Marcos *Lake Atotonilco Mexico City *Lake Xochimilco *Lake Cico *Lake Cacho *Lake Ceko Michoacán * Lake Cuitzeo * Lake Pátzcuaro *Lake Zirahuén Nayarit *Lake Agua Milpa Nuevo León *Lake Cerro Prieto *Lake Cuchillo *Lake marychivas Puebla *Lake Alchichica *Lake Aljojuca *Lake Atexcac *Lake La Preciosa * Lake Quechulac *Lake Tecuitlapa *Lake Tepeyahualco *Lake Totolcinco Quintana Roo * Lake Bacalar *Lake Chichancanab Sinaloa *Lake Baccarac *Lake Comedero * Lake Dominguez *Lake Hidalgo *Lake Huites *Lake Mateos *Lake Salto Tamaulipas *Lake Guerrero Veracruz * Lake Catemaco Uncategorized *Lake Espanolia *Lake Lavaderosa *Lake Méndezi *Lake Mimbresa *Lake Mocuzaria *Laguna Tortugaio See also * List of lakes {{Mexico topics * Mexico Lakes A lake ...
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List Of Dams And Reservoirs
The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, arranged by continent and country. Africa Algeria # Djorf Torba Dam # Keddara Dam # Koudiat Acerdoune Dam # Meraldene Dam # boughrara Dam # Beni Bahdel Dam # Mafrouch Dam # Sikak Dam # Sidi Abdelli Dam # Ain Tolba Dam # Sarno Dam # Ouizert Dam # Bou Hanifia Dam # Oued Mina Dam # Ain Ferrah Dam # Al Dahmouni Dam # Colonel Bougara Dam # Bakhadda Dam # Maghaila Dam # Deurdeur Dam # Ghrib Dam # Harraza Dam # Ouled Melouk Zedin Dam # Sidi Mhamed Ben Taiba Dam # Bni Boutab Dam # Sidi Yacoub Dam # Gargar Dam # Kerrada Dam # Oued Kramis Dam # Boukerdine Dam # Bouroumi Dam # Ladrat Dam # Oued Isser's Dam # Hamiz Dam Angola # Calueque Dam # Cambambe Dam # Capanda Dam # Gove Dam # Lauca Dam # Lomaum Dam # Ruacana Dam Benin # Dieguoro Dam # Ilauko Dam Botswana Burkina faso # Bagre Dam # Kompienga Dam Cameroon # Edea Dam # Lagdo Dam # Lom Pangar Dam # Maga Dam # Song Loulou Dam Cape ...
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Lago Colina Dam
Lago Colina Dam ( Spanish: Presa Lago Colina) is a concrete and earth-embankment gravity dam on the Rio Conchos in Chihuahua, Mexico. The dam forms Lake Colina. Its primary purpose is to divert water for irrigation, and regulate the outflow of the larger La Boquilla Dam upstream. See also * *List of lakes in Mexico The following is a list of lakes of Mexico. Chihuahua *Lakes las chivas Durango *Lake Palmito *Lake Santiaguillo Jalisco * Lake Chapala (also in Michoacán) * Lake Sayula *Lake Cajititlán *Lake San Marcos *Lake Atotonilco Mexico City *Lake ... Dams in Mexico Gravity dams {{Chihuahua-geo-stub ...
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International Boundary And Water Commission
The International Boundary and Water Commission ( es, links=no, Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas) is an international body created by the United States and Mexico in 1889 to apply the rules for determining the location of their international boundary when meandering rivers transferred tracts of land from one bank to the other, as established under the Convention of November 12, 1884. The organization was created as the International Boundary Commission by the Convention of 1889 between the United States and Mexico. It was given its present name under the 1944 "Treaty relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande". Under these agreements, the IBWC has a U.S. section and a Mexican section, headquartered in the adjoining cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The U.S. section is administered by the Department of State, and the Mexican part by the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. Administration So ...
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2020 In Mexico
article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2020. 2020 is the "Year of Leona Vicario, Benemérita (Praiseworthy) Mother of the Fatherland". The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues. Incumbents President and cabinet * President: Andres Manuel López Obrador, National Regeneration Movement * Interior: Olga Sánchez Cordero * Foreign Affairs: Marcelo Ebrard * Treasury: Arturo Herrera * Economy: Graciela Márquez Colín * Energy: Norma Rocío Nahle García * Agriculture: Víctor Villalobos * Labor: Luisa María Alcalde Luján * Education: Esteban Moctezuma * Communications: **Javier Jiménez Espriú, until July 23 **Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal, starting July 23, 2020 * Environment: **Víctor Manuel Toledo, until September 2 **Maria Luisa Albores, starting September 2 * Tourism: Miguel Torruco Marqués * Civil Service: Irma Sandov ...
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Kilowatt Hour
A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy: one kilowatt of power for one hour. In terms of SI derived units with special names, it equals 3.6 megajoules (MJ). Kilowatt-hours are a common billing unit for electrical energy delivered to consumers by electric utilities. Definition The kilowatt-hour is a composite unit of energy equal to one kilowatt (kW) sustained for (multiplied by) one hour. Expressed in the standard unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI), the joule (symbol J), it is equal to 3,600 kilojoules or 3.6 MJ."Half-high dots or spaces are used to express a derived unit formed from two or more other units by multiplication.", Barry N. Taylor. (2001 ed.''The International System of Units.'' (Special publication 330). Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. 20. Unit representations A widely used representation of the kilowatt-hour is "kWh", derived from its compone ...
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Boquilla De Conchos
Boquillas or Boquilla or ''variant'', may refer to: Places *Boquillas, Texas, United States; a settlement on the Rio Grande *Boquillas del Carmen, Coahuila, Mexico; a settlement on the Rio Grande ** Boquillas Port of Entry, Big Bend National Park *Boquillas Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA; a canyon on the Rio Grande *Boquillas Formation, West Texas, USA; a geologic formation laid down in the Cretaceous *Playa Boquillas, Cazones de Herrera, Veracruz, Mexico; a beach * La Boquilla Dam, Rio Conchos, Chihuahua, Mexico; a masonry gravity dam * Playa La Boquilla, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, Mexico; a beach * La Bouqilla, Valle de Bravo, Mexico, Mexico; a settlement * Boquilla Creek Wildlife Reserve; see List of Puerto Rico landmarks * Sector Boquilla, Rio Prieto, Lares, Puerto Rico; see List of barrios and sectors of Lares, Puerto Rico Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Lares, Puerto Rico, Lares is subdivided into administrative units called Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrios, ...
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Chihuahua (state)
Chihuahua (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is located in northwestern Mexico, and is bordered by the states of Sonora to the west, Sinaloa to the southwest, Durango to the south, and Coahuila to the east. To the north and northeast, it shares an extensive border with the U.S. adjacent to the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas. Its capital city is Chihuahua City; the largest city is Ciudad Juárez. Although Chihuahua is primarily identified with its namesake, the Chihuahuan Desert, it has more forests than any other state in Mexico, aside from Durango. Due to its variant climate, the state has a large variety of fauna and flora. The state is mostly characterized by rugged mountainous terrain and wide river valleys. The Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range, part of the continental spine that also inc ...
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