| BELVER DAM | |
| PURPOSE - Hydroelectric | |
| LOCATION | GENERAL FEATURES |
| District -
Portalegre Municipality - Gavião Site - Belver River Basin - Tejo River - Tejo river |
Promoting entity
- HIDROTEJO Owner (RSB) - HIDROTEJO Engineering by - A.Stucky Construction by - SASIL - MILANO Project year - 1945 Year of completion - 1952 |
| HYDROLOGY | RESERVOIR |
| River basin area
- 62802 km2 Flood runoff - 18000 m3/s |
Reservoir area -
2860 x 1000m2 Gross capacity - 12500 x 1000m3 Effective storage - 8500 x 1000m3 Normal water level (NWL) - 46,15 m Maximum flood level (MFL) - 47,15 m Minimum operating level - 41 m |
| DAM | |
| Concrete - Gravity Height above foundation - 30 m Crest elevation - 47,5 m Crest length - 327,5 m Foundation - Schist Volume of dam body - 90 x 1000 m3 |
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| SPILLWAY | |
| Location - dam
body Control type - Controlled Spillway type - Over the dam Sill elevation - 32 m Sill length - 170 m Number of gates - 10 Fixed roller gates Maximum discharge - 18000 m3/s Energy dissipation - Stilling basin |
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| POWER PLANT | |
| Type - Outdoor Number of installed units - 6 Type of units - Kaplan Power installed capacity - 80,7 MW Power production - 176 GWh |
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