What is Itaipu Dam?
[[File:ItaipuAerea2AAL.jpg|thumb|300px|The Itaipu dam]] The '''Itaipu Dam''' is a [[hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] (making [[electricity]] by the movement of [[water]]) [[dam]] on the [[Paraná River]], on the border between [[Brazil]] and [[Paraguay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/world/americas/27paraguay.html?_r=0|title=Energy Deal With Brazil Gives Boost to Paraguay|publisher=[[New York Times]]|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref> It is listed as one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Modern World]]. It is the world's second largest dam behind the [[Three Gorges Dam]] and is 7919 metres long and 196 metres high. It is the second-largest power plant in the world by nameplate capacity and the largest by power production in 2015-2016. The '''Itaipu Dam''' is owned by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_Brazil Brazilian Goverment]. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Dams in South America]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Brazil]] [[Category:Seven Wonders of the Modern World]] {{stub}} [[Category:Geography of Paraguay]]