Lago Colina Dam (
Spanish: Presa Lago Colina) is a concrete and earth-embankment gravity dam on the
Rio Conchos
The Río Conchos (Conchos River) is a large river in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It joins the Río Bravo del Norte (known in the United States as the Rio Grande) at the town of Ojinaga, Chihuahua.
Description
The Rio Conchos is the main rive ...
in
Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to:
Places
*Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state
**Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state
**Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state
**Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state
**Chihuahua Mun ...
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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
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 . Th ...
upstream.
See also
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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 ...
Dams in Mexico
Gravity dams
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