The Orós Dam or President Juscelino Kubitschek Dam (Portuguese: ''Barragem Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira'') is located on the
Jaguaribe River, in the northeastern
Brazil
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ian state of
Ceará.
It has a capacity of 2.1 billion cubic meters, making it the second largest
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
in the state. Completed in 1961, it was the largest dam in Ceará until the completion of the
Castanhão Dam in 2003.
See also
*
Orós (municipality)
External links
Map from Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM)
References
Dams completed in 1961
Dams in Ceará
1961 establishments in Brazil
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