Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: The Madeira Hydropower Complex

Mongabay
Aug 17, 2023, 8:39 am216 pts
The Rio Madeira was the next Amazonian tributary to attract the attention of Brazil’s hydropower developers. The river is free of rapids as it flows along the western edge of the Brazilian Shield for about 1,300 kilometers between Porto Velho (Rondônia) to its junction with the Amazon River near Itacoatiara…

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