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	Guri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guri is also the name of a Star Wars character.
		Guri is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
		Guri is connected to Seoul via a commuter railway (Jungang Line).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guri (152 words)

	Guri Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Guri Dam is one of the largest in the world.
		It is located in Bolívar State, Venezuela in the Caroni River.
		It has long been the focus of much controversy, as the lake created by the dam forever destroyed thousands of square miles of forest formerly renowned for its biodiversity and rare wildlife.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guri_Dam (174 words)

	dam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Single-arch dams are curved upstream and are usually constructed in narrow canyons or gorges where the rocky side walls are strong enough to withstand the tremendous lateral thrust of the dam that is caused by the pressure of the water.
		Dams may also be constructed with roller-compacted concrete, in which thin layers of concrete are compacted as if they were earth layers; this produces a far stronger dam, without the need for full forms.
		The Oroville Dam, located in California, the tallest in the United States, is 770 ft (235 m) high; the Rogun Dam, in Russia, the tallest in the world, is 1,100 ft (335 m) high.
	www.bartleby.com /65/da/dam.html (520 words)

	The Moore Family's Web site: Dam stuff
		Source/Reference - Turimiquire or Neveri Dam, Venezuela, circa 1979.
		Guri or Raul Leoni Dam on the Caroni River in Venezuela, 1982...
		The Guri Dam is Venezuela's largest dam, and the world's second largest in terms of installed capacity (10.000 MW), only surpassed by the Itaipú dam in Brazil/Paraguay (12.600 MW).
	members.aol.com /moorerandy/dam/dam.htm (521 words)

	Guri dam - Venezuelatuya
		Guri dam, generator of electricity for an important portion of Venezuela, was inaugurated in 1968 after long years of construction.
		In that same year, sometime before the inauguration, as water level began to rise, a rescue operation of animals living in the islands and coasts of the lake being formed was carried out.
		The impact of the dam was important and exemplary.
	www.venezuelatuya.com /natura/030eng.htm (214 words)

	MONITORING GURI SPILLWAY PLUNGE POOL
		In this paper, an analysis based on a number of bathymetric soundings that were carried out to measure the erosion process that has ocurred in the receiving pool is presented together with estimates of energy dissipated during the period of operation in order to evaluate stabilization of the pool.
		This is attributed to the effect of the pool depth in arresting the erosion capability of the flow.
		Castillejo N., and Marcano A., "Operation of Guri Dam Spillway during Raising of the Dam", Q63d, XVI Congress on Large Dams, San Francisco, 1988.
	www.iahr.org /membersonly/grazproceedings99/doc/000/000/140.htm (1449 words)

	NWsource: Travel - Grand Coulee Dam, Washington Introduction : Overview
		Twice as high as Niagara Falls and nearly a mile long, the dam is one of the world's greatest producers of electricity, generating an incredible 22,000 megawatts of energy annually for cities in several states.
		Temporary coffer dams were constructed to shift the river while excavation of the riverbed took place, and the first concrete was poured in 1935.
		A highlight of the dam tour is riding the glass incline elevator to the face of the power plant for a spectacular view of the spillway from an outside balcony.
	www.nwsource.com /travel/scr/tf_detail.cfm?id=4214 (1327 words)

	Three Gorges Infinite Reasons
		Few examples of these dams are the Aswan High Dam on the Nile, the Itaipu Dam in Brazil, and the Guri Dam in Venezuela.
		Another factor of dam safety is the Three Gorges Dam being the potential prime target during a war.
		Siltation is often referred to as the "cancer" of the dam because it determines the lifetime of the project.
	darwin.bio.uci.edu /~sustain/state/kmin.html (5426 words)

	Guri Lake Peacock Bass Fishing
		Guri Lake is one of the largest man made lakes in the world stretching approximately 175 km's long and 48 kms wide.
		Guri was made by the damming of the Caroni River at the confluence of the great Orinoco River — this is known as the second largest hydro electric dam called the Raul Leoni Dam.
		While flooding the area for the lake, much of the timber was left and still stand upright just under the surface and poking out of the water closer to the shoreline and hilltops coming up from the lake.
	www.wheretofish.com /saranda1.html (478 words)

	International Water Power and Dam Construction
		Built over a 23-year period, Guri was completed in 1986 after utilising a unique construction concept — development of the project was phased to minimise initial investment and to match power supply to the growth in electrical system demand.
		Reflecting on why the Contra dam should be considered a feat of construction, Lombardi again spoke of its aesthetic and clean design and the way that the elements of the power plant, ancillary works and dam are integrated in an ‘organic fashion’.
		There are standard techniques and designs in dam building which are pretty much well known.’ When designing Ertan the concept of a double curvature arch dam was a relatively recent development in the geometry of a dam.
	www.waterpowermagazine.com /story.asp?storyCode=1692 (2800 words)

	The Angling Report Newsletter - The Guri Dam Revisited
		He was accompanied by his teenage son, Tomás, and Alfredo Pérez, son of a common childhood friend, as well as Misael Morales, the chief administrator to Gerardo´s fast growing healthcare facility.
		With a lake as big as Guri it seemed odd to be going back to the same area for a second time.
		Guri was known for large and plentiful peacocks where fish over 14 pounds could be counted on as be part of the catch.
	www.anglingreport.com /field-notes/morillo-guri.cfm (2913 words)

	dam
		dam, barrier, commonly across a watercourse, to hold back water, often forming a reservoir or lake; dams are also sometimes used to control or contain rockslides, mudflows, and the like in regions where these are common.
		Bonneville Dam - Bonneville Dam, one of the major dams on the Columbia River where it passes through the Cascade...
		McNary Dam - McNary Dam, 7,265 ft (2,214 m) long and 183 ft (56 m) high, on the Columbia River between Oregon...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0814552.html (580 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - dam
		DAM [dam] barrier, commonly across a watercourse, to hold back water, often forming a reservoir or lake; dams are also sometimes used to control or contain rockslides, mudflows, and the like in regions where these are common.
		Reservoir resettlement in China: past experience and the three Gorges Dam.
		Kalabagh Dam - a blessing or a curse for the nation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/d1/dam.asp (737 words)

	Caura River Basin Remains Out of Harm's Way
		Although there are no plans in the works, the possibilities hanging over the Caura's fate, say observers, include the construction of a hydroelectric dam, or diverting its waters to the Caroni River, where sits the Guri dam -- the third largest hydroelectric dam in the world.
		But the plans of Edelca and the state are concentrated on the Caroni," where the Guri dam has a generating capacity of 10,000 megawatts per hour.
		Two other dams on the Caroni, the Carauchi and the Tocoma, produce 1,800 megawatts per hour, and a third is under construction and is to have a capacity of another 2,000 megawatts.
	www.tierramerica.net /english/2003/1118/iacentos.shtml (910 words)

	26/4/2005 - Water Conserve: Without Top Predators, Ecosystems Turn Topsy-Turvy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		When the construction of a hydroelectric dam on Venezuela's Caroni River was finally completed in 1986, it flooded an area twice the size of Rhode Island, creating one of South America's largest human-made lakes: Lake Guri.
		The Lake Guri story is recounted in a National Geographic four-part TV series, Strange Days on Planet Earth, which airs this Wednesday on PBS.
		When the dam's second phase was finished in 1986, the water level rose steadily over a year by another 164 feet (50 meters), and about a thousand hilltops became islands in a human-made lake.
	www.waterconserve.info /articles/reader.asp?linkid=41266 (864 words)

	Representative Matters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Chief Joseph Dam, Bridgeport, Washington - Disputes regarding the raising of a principal Corps of Engineers dam and power facility on the Columbia River with special emphasis on the excavation protocol and blasting techniques used during demolition phase of reconstruction.
		Felsenthal Lock and Dam, Huttig, Arkansas - Major problems with dewatering design embankment procedures and on feasibility of construction of principal structures on the United States Army Corps of Engineers Ouachita-Arkansas River navigation system.
		Kremasta Dam and Hydroelectric Project, Acheloos River, Greece - Represented contractor on various claims arising from construction of largest earth dam in Europe, including excavation, cofferdam collapse, spiral ring, turbine and diversion tunnel controversies.
	www.lewismckenna.com /services.html (2095 words)

	Chavez Plays Politics - Caught Dry, Venezuelan Hydro-Pwr Dam May Mean Lights Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		On Tuesday, the water level in the dam stood at 249 meters above sea level, Da Silva said, noting that the 248 meters level represents a state of emergency.
		She added that the dam is losing about 17 centimeters a day, but the daily loss could increase given the cone-shaped nature of dams.
		Given its perilously low water level, "rationing is necessary to avoid a collapse of the Guri dam," Da Silva said.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/889728/posts (1198 words)

	EPFL-LMH: Guri Dam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Hydropower plant and Dam are located on the CARONI River in the Bolivar province (Venezuela).
		The ten initial Francis units were designed for a nominal output of 610 MW, at a rotating speed of 112.5 rpm, under a net head of 130 m.
		These turbines of original design are going to be upgraded mainly due to the erosion problems; this major rehabilitation is awarded by C.V.G Electrificacion del Caroni, C.A. © EPFL-Laboratoire des machines hydrauliques.
	lmhwww.epfl.ch /Services/ReferenceList/2000_fichiers/guridam.htm (75 words)

	Guri: Raul Leoni Hidroelectric power station - Venezuelatuya
		We are talking about Raul Leoni Hydroelectric Power Station, also known as the Guri Dam.
		A visit to the Guri Dam is an unforgettable experience, we highly recommend.
		From Tuesdays to Sundays, there are four daily visits scheduled at 9:00 and 10:30 in the mornings and 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoons.
	www.venezuelatuya.com /guayana/gurieng.htm (299 words)

	Without Top Predators, Ecosystems Turn Topsy-Turvy
		Summary The creation of Lake Guri, one of South America's largest human-made lakes, provides a cautionary tale of the dangers of removing top predators from an ecosystem.
		Populations of howler monkeys, iguanas, and leaf-cutting ants exploded.
		Lacking natural predators for unnatural reasons, bands of howler monkeys overrun islands in Venezuela's Lake Guri, one of South America's largest human-made lakes.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2005/04/0426_050426_strangedays2.html (401 words)

	Lewis & McKenna
		Merrill Creek Dam, New Jersey - Representing utility consortium, owner of earth and rock dam and pumped storage facility in disputes involving geological investigations, core processing and borrow requirements.
		Guri Dam, Caroni River, Venezuela - Major South American hydro project; local and World Bank disputes procedures involving concrete dam, including spillway gate, concrete mix design and tailrace problems.
		Wallace Dam, Eatonton, GA - Major dam and power project for Georgia Power Company; disputes over earth embankment and electrical design and installation.
	www.lewismckenna.com /representative.htm (437 words)

	americas.org - Indigenous Block Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Members of the Pemon, Arawak, Akawayo and Karina peoples blocked the only highway to Brazil in late July when work began on a 435-mile high-voltage power line from the Guri dam in Venezuela to Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima in northern Brazil, saying that construction began without consulting with residents.
		Crossing large areas of forest, including the Canaima and Gran Sabana National Parks where indigenous groups live, the power-line project has already opened gaps that logging companies are exploiting.
		On August 28, meanwhile, Congress ratified Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, which guarantees the participation of indigenous communities in decision-making on issues that affect them.
	www.americas.org /item_11340 (297 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		CARACAS, Nov 22 (IPS) - The discovery of 10 new species of fish, as well as new bird and shellfish species in the watershed of the Caura, which flows into the Orinoco River, are more reason for ecologists to protect the area.
		Although there are no plans in the works, the possibilities hanging over the Caura's fate, say observers, include the construction of a hydroelectric dam, or diverting its waters to the Caroni River, where sits the Guri dam -- the third largest hydroelectric installation in the world.
		”There exists a plan to build a new hydroelectric dam (near the Pará falls, on the lower Caura) and divert 75 percent of the Caura River caudal to the Paragua-Caroni system,” dozens of kilometres to the east, according to the Aquarap report.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/print.asp?idnews=21243 (897 words)

	Relevant Experience / VINCCLER C.A.
		"Raúl Leoni" dam, earth dam and right hand earth-rock dam, Guri, Bolívar.
		Acknowledgment from EDELCA, for an outstanding performance in the "Raúl Leoni" dam, at Guri, Bolívar.
		Prize of the Construction 1983, by the Venezuelan Chamber of Construction.
	www.vinccler.com /siteing/03a_cont.html (83 words)

	NAHA // Norwegian-American Studies
		The dam will be a reservoir, to give us water for irrigation during the summer dry spells.
		I'll be looking in on Sina and Mother Ellingsen on my way to the dam.
		That the dam may help, but that the soil is poor and the tract is no good.
	www.naha.stolaf.edu /pubs/nas/volume15/vol15_2_2.htm (2765 words)

	Transient Seepage Analysis of Guri Dam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The transient seepage analysis of the 95-m (312-ft) high Guri earthfill dam was undertaken to investigate the saturation of earthfill and foundation during and after staged reservoir filling.
		Saturated-unsaturated porous media flow theory and Galerkin-type finite element techniques were applied.
		The movements of the saturation (wetting) fronts and the pore pressure distributions in the earthfill and its foundation were used in the investigation of deformation and stability of the Guri earthfill dam under staged construction and reservoir filling.
	www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?5014503 (134 words)

	americas.org - Power Lines Protested (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Hundreds of Karina, Pemon and Akawaio people blocked a highway between southeastern Venezuela and northern Brazil for two days in July to protest the construction of power lines from the Guri dam through their territory to Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima, Brazil.
		They pointed out that logging companies would use the openings made by the electrical work to remove large quantities of wood from the Sierra de Imataca forests.
		They ended the blockade when regional authorities agreed to set up a meeting between the indigenous communities and the ministers of the environment and agriculture.
	www.americas.org /item_11417 (110 words)

	Pro REGENWALD: weitere Infos
		CARACAS, Sep 14 (IPS) - Indigenous Venezuelans have knocked down seven electrical towers in the last two days that are part of the 1,500-km powerline system intended to carry electricity from the Guri dam in southeast Venezuela to the state of Roraima, in northern Brazil.
		The state-run company 'Electrificación del Caroní' (EDELCA) discovered the damage and the government of Bolívar state, which covers 238,000 square km of the Venezuelan territory bordering Guyana, announced it would use police force to prevent the indigenous Pemón peoples from taking down more towers.
		The 400-million-dollar project means the sale of electricity from the Guri dam (on the River Caroní, with a 12,00 megawatt capacity) to the Roraima region, as well as to the communities along the path of the electrical lines.
	www.pro-regenwald.org /inf_ven2.php (698 words)

	Sabana engl
		At the Ferrominera Orinoco offices we'll take a bus and tour Cerro Bolivar and Cerro San Isidro which combined form the 3rd largest iron mine in the world.
		In the afternoon we'll visit the Guri Dam.
		During our tour of the dam we'll see great engineering and beautiful art.
	www.fulldayturismo.com /sabana/saba2_gb.html (769 words)

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		Scheme composed of 5 major components: Macagua, Guri, Macagua II, Tocoma, Caruachi/Rio ESTI project; located on the Chiviqui RiverSanta Juana 1991-1993 1992-1993&Vol.I; Papers and Memos; C-1 thru C-31NVol.II; misc.
		'94-'99; Report to JBC'Reports: Proposed Dams at Tawau/Babagon 1991-1995Chiriqui/Barrigon Dam Nayarit StateBabagonKota Kinabalu, SabahLesothoReportsLa Yesca/La Parota/El CajonSection Two Topic Name=Liquefaction of Gravelly Soils Under Cyclic Loading Condition.Shotcrete Practice in Underground ConstructionFinal Liner:Jacobs Associates Engineers/Consultants Vol.
		III; 1980LLetter to Hans Hasen/Possibility of Induced Seismicity By the Guri Reservoir9Papers Presented at the Annual General Meeting of CancoldPenstocks; Painting :Incompatibility of Materials and Effect on Dam PerformanceHAlcan Smelters and Chemicals Limited; Kemano Completion Project; Vol.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /WRCA/xls/Cooke_Dam_Project_Files.xls (381 words)

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