| Alberto Lleras Dam | |
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| Official name | Embalse del Guavio |
| Location | Guavio, Colombia |
| Coordinates | |
| Opening date | 1989 |
| Owner(s) | Endesa |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Height | 250 m (820 ft)[1] |
| Length | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Volume | 17,100,000 m3 (603,880,801 cu ft) |
| Spillway capacity | 4,200 m3/s (148,322 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Capacity | 1,043,000,000 m3 (845,574 acre·ft) |
| Power station | |
| Commission date | 1992[1] |
| Hydraulic head | 1,100 m (3,609 ft) |
| Turbines | 5 x 230 MW Pelton-type |
| Installed capacity | 1,150 MW[2] |
| Capacity factor | 58.47% |
| Annual generation | 5,890 GWh |
The Alberto Lleras Dam, also known as the Guavio Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Guavio River near Guavio, Colombia. The dam was built in 1989[3] and is currently one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of 250 m (820 ft).[4] The dam has an installed hydroelectric generation capacity of 1,150 MW, a crest length of 390 m (1,280 ft),[5] and a structural volume of 17,100,000 m3 (600,000,000 cu ft).[5]