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__**Theme **__ The Guri Dam is an embankment dam located in Bolívar State, Venezuela on the Caroni River. Its size is 7,426 m long and 162 m high. The machines and generator of the station produces a total of 87 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity yearly.

__**Text**__ This stablishment was made in the Necuima Canyon which is located about one hundred km from the Caroní River in the Orinoco. It started slowly but in 2009 it was the third largest hydroeletric plant in the planet and the 8th largest in volume capacity. In the year of 2000 a refurbishment project started in order to extend the Guri Power Plant, making 5 new runners and increasing both Powerhouse 1 and 2.

__**Terms **__ Necuima Canyon: located about one hundred km from the Caroní River in the Orinoco

Guri Dam: the third largest hydroeletric plant in the planet and the 8th largest in volume capacity

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