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The Sobradinho Reservoir () is a large
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 ...
located in
Sobradinho, north of the
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian state of
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...
. The reservoir measures approximately long, in surface area, and a storage capacity of at its nominal elevation of , making it the 15th largest reservoir (artificial lake) in the world. The lake encloses the waters of the
São Francisco River, one of the largest and most important rivers in Brazil.
![Imagem de Satélite do Lago de Sobradinho](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Imagem_de_Sat%C3%A9lite_do_Lago_de_Sobradinho.jpg)
The reservoir, which represents 60.4% of the
hydroelectric power
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
resources of the Northeast of Brazil, has conditions to guarantee the power supply for the region for two years but its water level is highly variable. In some drought years the energy supply is threatened.
External links
Lago Artificial de Sobradinho Official site of city of Sobradinho, Bahia
Reservoirs in Brazil
1982 establishments in Brazil
Landforms of Bahia
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