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Hydroelectric power is, of course, generated in areas that have the right sort of topography. Mountainous regions are often appropriate, because they allow for the formation of large, deep reservoirs, such that the retained water accumulates a great deal of gravitational potential energy. Naturally the large, powerful rivers of great continents have more potential for the generation of electricity than the more humble ones of, for example, Britain.

The question of where the electricity is actually used is a slightly different one. High voltage wires allow for the relatively efficient transmission of electricity over long distances. And within a particular electric grid, it isn't usually valid to say that your electricity comes from any one particular source of the several that may be connected.

However, very little electricity is transmitted across international borders, so by and large those countries which generate the most hydroelectricity are also those that use the most.

At present China's hydroelectric capacity is greater than that of any other country, and many massive projects there are yet to be completed. Canada, the USA and Russia are among the next nations in line. Washington state uses the most hydroelectric energy within the USA, whilst the 'La Grande' facility in northern Quebec contributes to Canada's energy needs.

It should be noted, however, that when expressed as a percentage of total energy consumption, the significance of hydroelectricity within these countries diminishes.

Notable Hydroelectric Nations

Nations including Norway, Iceland, Brazil, Nepal and Tanzania come to the fore as the countries that derive the greatest proportion of their energy needs from clean, renewable hydroelectricity.
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Sure, hydroelectricity will continue to work, essentially as long as it rains.

Two problems that come to mind. One that the industrialized world has pretty much tapped the resource to the limit. There aren't many additional places that we can usefully build more hydroelectric dams. Another issue is that the reservoirs tend to silt up because all the suspended sediments flowing with the river water settle into the reservoir basins, which will eventually lead to the lake being full of dirt and not water. Small lakes can be dredged or cleaned by opening the floodgates, but in a big lake, say Lake Powell, that doesn't work

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There's also a possible potential problem in areas using rivers of mountain snow and glacier melt- water, that if climate change does eventually reduce the snow-fall the rivers may be much reduced - unless the snow is replaced by equivalent rain-fall.

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I'm not sure how much silting is a problem because the water for a power-station is often (normally?) taken at or near surface level, not from the base of the dam, as long as the pipe to the turbines can be kept full to maintain full head. Dams are provided with flushing-valves in their bases.

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Hydroelectric power is present in abundance in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. Of course, where its generated also tends to be where it is used, though Quebec and Newfoundland do export a fair amount.

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Hydro-electricity is currently being used in the USA, Canada, China, Brazil, Russia, Norway, India, Venezuela, Japan, Sweden, Paraguay, and France. Some old dams are located in places like The USA, Australia, Canada and Chile. Some dams under construction are: The Three Gorges Dam in China, Boguchan dam in Russia, Chapeton in Argentina, The Tocoma dam in Venezuela, and The Lower Subansiri Dam in India.

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It is used all over the country. Although there are places where other hydroelectric power comes from other sources (such as the Northfield Mountain plant in Northfield, Massachusetts) most hydroelectric power is generated at dams on rivers. These can range from very large to very small, and can be commercial or private. There is more water in the eastern part of the country, but the rivers in the West often are better suited to construction of dams with very large reservoirs. Since most of the power from hydro dams is placed on the power grid, and it can travel many miles, almost the entire country gets some portion of its power from hydro.

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it's electricity, it's used for anything that uses electricity. like computers, tvs, phones, power lines, chargers, aircons ect

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There isn't an amount

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