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At full reservoir level of 552 m the reservoir of the dam has a surface area of 6.7km² and a total capacity of 99.75 mio. m³. The active capacity is 95.27 (95.3 or 96) mio. m³. With the 95.3 mio. m³ of water 115.6
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Vilar Dam is a 58 m tall (height above foundation) and 240 m long rockfill embankment dam with a crest altitude of 555 m. The upstream facing of the dam is made of
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Construction of the dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1965. It is owned by
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436:. The volume of the dam is 300,000 m³. The chute
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16:Dam in municipality Tabuaço, Viseu District
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276:500 m/s (18,000 cu ft/s)
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110:7°32′7.9″W
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374:137.6 GWh
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