Vicente Guerrero Dam Explained

Vicente Guerrero Dam
Country:Mexico
Location:Padilla, Tamaulipas
Purpose:Irrigation
Opening:1971
Dam Elevation Crest:60m (200feet)
Res Capacity Total:3.9km3

General Vicente Guerrero Dam (Spanish; Castilian: Presa Vicente Guerrero), also known as Las Adjuntas Dam, is a dam in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It was constructed in 1971 for irrigation and public use.[1] It was named for Vicente Guerrero, a revolutionary general of the Mexican War of Independence.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estadísticas del Agua en México . . Spanish . Statistics of Water in Mexico . 2008 . 2017-02-05 . 2020-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200919120307/http://www.conagua.gob.mx/CONAGUA07/Publicaciones/Publicaciones/EAM_2008.pdf . dead .