Brokopondo Reservoir

Location: Brokopondo, Suriname
Coordinates: 4.758 N 55.125 W

Covering 1% of the nation’s land area, this Surinamese reservoir is one of the largest in the world. Trees were not felled before the rainforest was flooded, so tree trunks can still be seen sticking out of the water surface. Brokopondo Reservoir is notorious for being highly inefficient, generating only 30 megawatts of electricity. In comparison, the Three Gorges Dam in China floods a smaller area but generates 18,000 megawatts.

Main article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokopondo_Reservoir


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