| Nova Avanhandava Dam | |
| Name Official: | Barragem Nova Avanhandava |
| Location Map: | Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -21.1182°N -50.2012°W |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Location: | Buritama, São Paulo |
| Purpose: | Power, navigation |
| Status: | O |
| Dam Type: | Embankment with gravity sections |
| Dam Crosses: | Tietê River |
| Dam Length: | 2038m (6,686feet) |
| Dam Height: | 71m (233feet) |
| Spillway Capacity: | 7948m3/s |
| Res Name: | Nova Avanhandava Reservoir |
| Res Capacity Total: | 2830000000m2 |
| Res Surface: | 210km2 |
| Res Elevation: | 358m (1,175feet) |
| Plant Operator: | AES Tietê |
| Plant Commission: | 1982 |
| Plant Type: | Conventional |
| Plant Turbines: | 3 x 115.8MW Kaplan-type |
| Plant Hydraulic Head: | 29.7m (97.4feet) |
| Plant Capacity: | 347.4MW |
The Nova Avanhandava Dam is an embankment dam with gravity sections on the Tietê River about 8.5km (05.3miles) southwest of Buritama in São Paulo state of Brazil. It supports a hydroelectric power station. The dam was completed in 1982 and its three Kaplan turbine-generators were commissioned by the same year. It is owned and operated by AES Tietê. The dam also provides for navigation with two ship locks.[1]