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Hydroelectric power is one of the most abundant and useful renewable sources of energy, but there are environmental impacts. A hydroelectric dam requires a reservoir of water behind it; the lake that is formed when the dam is put in place can flood otherwise useful land. Large dams also prevent fish from moving freely about the river, which can impact the ability of some species to spawn, such as salmon.
Yes, The Wolf Creek Dam is a Hydroelectric dam.
A hydroelectric river dam like, Three Gorges Dam.
a hydroelectric dam is efficient because it generates power
Yes.
Stevenson Dam Hydroelectric Plant was created in 1917.
what geogaphical features are needed when building a hydroelectric dam
The country that has the largest hydroelectric dam in terms of annual energy generation and is on the border of Paraguay and Brazil. It is the Itaipu dam.
Sayano Shushenskaya hydroelectric dam
The Gorges Dam in China is hydroelectric and crosses the Yangtze River. The dam is not only the biggest of it's kind in China but is also the most powerful dam in the world.
A hydroelectric dam uses the force of flowing water to drive turbines which generate electric power.
The Hoover Dam generates hydroelectric power.