Salto Grande Dam

The Salto Grande Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River, located between Concordia, Argentina, and Salto, Uruguay; thus shared between the two countries.

The construction of the dam began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. Power is generated by fourteen Kaplan turbines, totaling the installed capacity to 1890 MW. The dam passes approximately 64000 m3 of water per second, compared to the current average flow of the Uruguay River at 4622 m3. The reservoir has a total area of 783 km2, while its maximum dimensions are 140 ×.