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Puclaro Dam is an 83 m tall and 640 m long concrete face gravel fill dam with a crest altitude of 435 m. The volume of the dam is 4,630,000 mÂł. The dam features a
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over the dam (maximum discharge 3,800 mÂł/s). The upstream concrete face varies in thickness from 0.45 m to 0.30 m.
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Its purpose is to improve the irrigation of 21,000 ha of farmland in the Elqui valley.
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Puclaro dam is founded on very pervious alluvial foundations more than 100 m deep.
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309:. International Water Power & Dam Construction. 1999-09-10
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The dam which forms the lake is visible in the background
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307:"Design and construction of Chile's Puclaro dam"
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367:Hydrography
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