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The El Carrizal Dam is a dam on the upper-middle course of the Tunuyan River, in the center-north of the province of Mendoza, Argentina, at , upstream from the city of Rivadavia. Its reservoir measures about 155 km, and its maximum water level stands at 785.5 m above the sea, covering an area of 31.47 km. It has a maximum volume of 327 million m.
The dam is used to regulate the flow of the Tunuyan River, which comes from glacial sources in the Andes, and to irrigate the otherwise arid region. The reservoir is a tourist attraction and is employed for fishing, windsurfing, sailing, etc., while its shores feature camping sites and other lodging facilities.
The waters of the dam feed a hydroelectric power station, which was built in 1971 and has an installed power generation capacity of 17 MW.
References
Municipality of Rivadavia
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