Many of the dams and reservoirs in Brazil listed below are used primarily used to produce hydroelectric power. Other uses include flood control, irrigation and fisheries.
| Name |
State |
Operational |
Reservoir (km2) |
Installed capacity (MW) |
Notes
|
| Água Vermelha Dam |
Minas Gerais São Paulo |
1978 |
647 |
1,396 |
|
| Anta Dam (Simplício) |
Rio de Janeiro Minas Gerais |
2013 |
15 |
333 |
|
| Balbina Dam |
Amazonas |
1989 |
2,360 |
250 |
|
| Barra Grande Dam |
Santa Catarina Rio Grande do Sul |
2005 |
94 |
708 |
|
| Belo Monte Dam |
Pará |
2019 |
440 |
11,233 |
|
| Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Dam |
Paraná |
1980 |
167 |
1,676 |
|
| Billings Dam |
São Paulo |
1935 |
127 |
- |
Reservoir
|
| Camará Dam |
Paraíba |
2002 |
|
|
|
| Campos Novos Dam |
Santa Catarina |
2006 |
|
880 |
|
| Capivara Dam |
São Paulo Paraná |
1978 |
515 |
619 |
|
| Castanhão Dam |
Ceará |
2003 |
360 |
|
Reservoir
|
| Chacorão Dam |
Amazonas Pará |
|
616 |
3,336 |
Planned
|
| Cocorobó Dam |
Bahia |
1967 |
24 |
- |
Reservoir
|
| Colíder Dam |
Mato Grosso |
2015 (est.) |
183 |
307 |
|
| Dona Francisca Dam |
Rio Grande do Sul |
2001 |
21 |
250 |
|
| Emborcação Dam |
Minas Gerais |
1983 |
703 |
1,192 |
|
| Eng Sérgio Motta Dam |
São Paulo |
1999 |
2,250 |
1,540 |
|
| Eng Souza Dias Dam |
Mato Grosso do Sul |
1968 |
330 |
1,551 |
|
| Funil Dam |
Rio de Janeiro São Paulo |
1969 |
|
|
|
| Furnas Dam |
Minas Gerais |
1963 |
1,473 |
1,216 |
|
| Garabí Dam |
Rio Grande do Sul |
|
642 |
1,152 |
Planned
|
| Guarapiranga |
São Paulo |
1906 |
27 |
- |
Reservoir
|
| Ilha Solteira Dam |
São Paulo |
1973 |
1,195 |
3,444 |
|
| Irapé Dam |
Minas Gerais |
2006 |
137 |
360 |
|
| Itá Dam |
Santa Catarina Rio Grande do Sul |
2000 |
141 |
1,450 |
|
| Itaipu Dam |
Paraná |
1984 |
1,350 |
14,000 |
|
| Itumbiara Dam |
Goiás |
1980 |
778 |
2,082 |
|
| Itupararanga Dam |
São Paulo |
1914 |
936 |
55 |
|
| Jaguara Dam |
Minas Gerais São Paulo |
1971 |
|
424 |
|
| Jatobá Dam |
Pará |
|
646 |
2,338 |
Planned
|
| Jirau Dam |
Rondônia |
2013 |
258 |
3,075 |
Under construction
|
| José Richa Dam |
Paraná |
1999 |
180 |
1,240 |
|
| Luiz Barreto Dam |
São Paulo |
1969 |
47 |
1,050 |
|
| Luiz Gonzaga Dam |
Pernambuco |
1988 |
830 |
1,479 |
|
| Machadinho Dam |
Santa Catarina Rio Grande do Sul |
2002 |
79 |
1,140 |
|
| Manso Dam |
Mato Grosso |
1999 |
427 |
212 |
|
| Marimbondo Dam |
Minas Gerais |
1975 |
438 |
1,440 |
|
| Marmelos Zero Power Plant |
Minas Gerais |
1889 |
- |
0.25 |
Decommissioned in 1896
|
| Mauá Dam |
Paraná |
2012 |
84 |
361 |
|
| Ney Braga de Barros Dam |
Paraná |
1992 |
|
1,260 |
|
| Nova Avanhandava Dam |
São Paulo |
1982 |
210 |
347 |
|
| Oiticica Dam |
Rio Grande do Norte |
|
|
- |
Reservoir; under construction
|
| Orós Dam |
Ceará |
1961 |
|
- |
Reservoir
|
| Panambí Dam |
Rio Grande do Sul |
|
327 |
1,048 |
Planned
|
| Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex |
Bahia |
1979 |
1,600 |
4,279 |
|
| Peixotos Dam |
Minas Gerais |
1968 |
250 |
476 |
|
| Salto Osório Dam |
Paraná |
1975 |
51 |
1,078 |
|
| Salto Santiago Dam |
Paraná |
1980 |
208 |
2,137 |
|
| Samuel Hydroelectric Dam |
Rondônia |
1989 |
560 |
216 |
|
| Santo Antônio Dam |
Rondônia |
2012 |
271 |
2,498 |
|
| São Simão Dam |
Goiás Minas Gerais |
1978 |
703 |
1,710 |
|
| Serra da Mesa Dam |
Goiás |
1998 |
1,784 |
1,275 |
|
| Sobradinho Dam |
Bahia |
1979 |
4,220 |
1,050 |
|
| Teles Pires Dam |
Mato Grosso Pará |
2016 |
151 |
1,820 |
|
| Três Irmãos Dam |
São Paulo |
1991 |
785 |
807 |
|
| Três Marias Dam |
Minas Gerais |
1961 |
1,040 |
387 |
|
| Tucuruí Dam |
Pará |
1984 |
2,850 |
8,370 |
|
| Volta Grande Dam |
Minas Gerais São Paulo |
1974 |
|
380 |
|
| Xingó Dam |
Alagoas Sergipe |
1994 |
60 |
3,162 |
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