El Granero Dam

Coordinates: 28°59′07″N 105°16′49″W / 28.98528°N 105.28028°W / 28.98528; -105.28028
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El Granero Dam
El Granero Dam is located in Mexico
El Granero Dam
Location of El Granero Dam in Mexico
Coordinates28°59′07″N 105°16′49″W / 28.98528°N 105.28028°W / 28.98528; -105.28028
PurposeIrrigation
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment
ImpoundsRio Conchos
Height (foundation)62 m (203 ft)
Reservoir
CreatesEl Granero Reservoir
Total capacity.356 km3 (289,000 acre⋅ft)

El Granero Dam (Spanish: Presa del Granero, also known as the Luis L. Leon Dam) is an embankment dam on the Rio Conchos in north-central Chihuahua, Mexico. The dam was completed in 1968 to provide irrigation and flood control for the lower Rio Conchos valley.

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