🚧 Chacorão Dam

Brazil · Americas · 6.50°S, 58.32°W

The Chacorão Dam is a proposed dam on the Tapajós river in the state of Pará, Brazil. It would flood a section of rapids in the river, making them navigable by barges carrying soybeans to ports on the Amazon River. The dam would include locks for the barges and a hydroelectric power plant. It is controversial since it would flood a large area of an indigenous territory.

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Quick facts

Country	Brazil
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	6.50°S, 58.32°W · view on map

Chacorão Dam is located in Brazil, in Americas.

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