The Orós Dam or President Juscelino Kubitschek Dam (Portuguese: ''Barragem Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira'') is located on the
Jaguaribe River
The Jaguaribe River is a highly seasonal river in Ceará state of northeastern Brazil. Two large dams were constructed across the Jaguaribe, the Orós Dam, completed in 1960, and the Castanhão Dam, completed in 2003. The Castanhão Dam flooded t ...
, in the northeastern
Brazil
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ian state of
Ceará
Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by ...
.
It has a capacity of , making it the second largest
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
in the state. Completed in 1961, it was the largest dam in Ceará until the completion of the
Castanhão Dam in 2003.
See also
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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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