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    The Balbina Dam (Portuguese: Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina) is a hydroelectric dam and power station on the Uatumã River in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil...
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    hydroelectric power plants of Sobradinho Dam, Tucuruí Dam, Porto Primavera Dam, Balbina Dam, Serra da Mesa Dam and Furnas Dam are all larger than the one for Itaipu...
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    ISSN 1748-9326. Fearnside, Philip M. (1989-07-01). "Brazil's Balbina Dam: Environment versus the legacy of the Pharaohs in Amazonia". Environmental...
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  • 19th-century soprano Balbina District in the municipality of Presidente Figueiredo in the Brazilian state of Amazonas Balbina Dam in Brazil Balbín, surname...
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    Reservoir (redirect from Dam reservoir)
    generation plant. For instance, In 1990, the impoundment behind the Balbina Dam in Brazil (inaugurated in 1987) had over 20 times the impact on global...
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  • Lake Baia de Caxiuana Balbina Dam Banabuiu Lake Bariri Reservoir Billings Reservoir Caracaranã Castanhão Dam Coari Lake Emborcacao Dam Furnas Lake Grajau...
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    highway, which cuts across the territory, and with tin mines and the huge Balbina Dam. The territory is now considerably smaller, but there have been improvements...
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    portal Renewable energy portal List of power stations in Brazil List of dams and reservoirs in Brazil "Visão Geral do Setor". Associação Brasileira de...
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  • by damming the outlets of natural lakes to regulate water levels, such as ones at Uganda's Owen Falls Dam (Lake Victoria) and Russia's Irkutsk Dam (Lake...
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  • building of the controversial Balbina Dam on the river in the mid to late 1980s to generate electricity. The hydroelectric dam generates an average of 112...
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  • river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It empties into the Balbina Dam on the Uatumã River. In the 1970s the Amazon Radar Project detected deposits...
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  • Many of the dams and reservoirs in Brazil listed below are used primarily used to produce hydroelectric power. Other uses include flood control, irrigation...
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  • Library of Congress Web Archives Philip M. Fearnside (2006-08-26). "Balbina Dam, Amazonas". Department of Ecology, National Institute for Research in...
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    Kemenes have demonstrated that the Balbina Dam for instance emits 39,000 tonnes of methane each year and three other dams in the Amazon produce at least 3...
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    polluted the rivers. Huge areas of upland forest were submerged by the Balbina Dam in the southwest. The 3,850 square kilometres (1,490 sq mi) Rio Trombetas...
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    These areas mainly depended on subsidised thermal power generation. The Balbina Dam fails to provide more than 20% of Manaus's electricity. The Linhão de...
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    offensive projects to the environment, such as the construction of the Balbina Dam power plant in the 1980s, he is often challenged by supporters of progress...
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    hectares (2,323,680 acres). It lies along the northeast shore of the Balbina Dam reservoir. To the west is adjoins the Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory...
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    wetlands in the reserve. The Uatumã River's flow is regulated by the Balbina Dam, built in 1987, which is just 45 kilometres (28 mi) in a direct line...
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    acres). The APA protects the southwest shore of the reservoir of the Balbina Dam, covering the area between highway BR-174 and the reservoir, and including...
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    59 km2/MW the dam compares poorly to most other hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon Region other than Curuá-Una at 2.60 and Balbina at 9.44. By 1990...
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    Francisco da Cunha Ramaldes, born in 1861, son of José da Cunha Ramaldes and Balbina Maria de Jesus, from Lajinha do Chalé, State of Minas Gerais, establishes...
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    B-caudomaculatus (Osteichthyes : Characiformes) in the region affected by Balbina Hydroelectric Dam (Amazon drainage, Brazil). Neotropical Ichthyology. 6. 237-242...
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    from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023. Hwang, Balbina Y. (26 June 2019). "Northeast Asian Perspectives on China's Belt Road Initiative:...
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  • pyramid at Xunantunich 40 m (131 ft) Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, Vila de Balbina, Amazonas, 325 m (1066 ft) Radio Gaúcha AM Guaíba Mast, Guaíba, Rio Grande...
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    (1825–1888) Malvina Garrigues (1825–1904) Anna de La Grange (1825–1905) Balbina Steffenone (1825–1896) 1826 Marie Carandini (1826–1894) Sophie Cruvelli...
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    B-caudomaculatus (Osteichthyes : Characiformes) in the region affected by Balbina Hydroelectric Dam (Amazon drainage, Brazil). Neotropical Ichthyology. 6. 237-242...
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    North-South Railroad (GO) (TO) Balbina Hydroelectric Power Plant (AM) Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant (PR) Castanhão Dam Wall (CE) Tubarão Steel Company...
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    places, including areas disrupted by the construction of the Balbina Hydroelectric Dam in Brazil. Its ability to adapt to its surroundings combined with...
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    Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana S. Apollinare alle Terme Ss. Apostoli S. Balbina S. Bartolomeo all'Isola Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio S. Camillo de Lellis S...
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