💧 Falcon Dam

United States · Americas · 26.56°N, 99.16°W

Falcon Dam is an earthen embankment dam on the Rio Grande between Falcon Heights in Starr County, Texas and the city of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The dam was built for water conservation, irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and recreational purposes and as an international border crossing between Zapata and Starr Counties and Tamaulipas. Construction on the dam began in December 1950 and ended in April 1954, but it was dedicated by Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in October 1953.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	26.56°N, 99.16°W · view on map

Falcon Dam is located in United States, in Americas.

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