| 词条 | Palo Verde Dam |
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|name = Palo Verde Dam |image =Palo Verde Diversion Dam.jpg |image_caption = |name_official = |dam_crosses = Colorado River |res_name = |location = La Paz County, Arizona / Riverside County, California |dam_length = 1850 ft |dam_height = 45 ft |dam_width_base = |construction_began = 1956 |opening = 1958 |cost = |res_capacity_total = |res_catchment = |res_surface = | coordinates = {{coord|33.7325|N|114.5107|W|type:landmark_region:US-AZ|display=inline,title}} |extra = }} The Palo Verde Dam (officially called the Palo Verde Diversion Dam) is a diversion dam on the Colorado River in La Paz County, Arizona, and Riverside County, California, in the southwestern United States, approximately {{convert|9|mi|km}} northeast of Blythe. The dam is earthen and rockfill, built solely to divert water into irrigation canals serving the Palo Verde Irrigation District. It measures {{convert|1850|ft|m}} long at its crest, which is at an elevation of {{convert|283.5|ft|m}}, and stands {{convert|46|ft|m}} high above the riverbed, containing approximately {{convert|175000|yd3|m3}} of material. Construction of the dam, which began in 1956 and ended in 1958, was authorized by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The dam was constructed to raise the water level of the river because the upstream Hoover and Davis Dams blocked sediment, causing significant degradation of the riverbed that hampered water diversion.[1] The dam diverts about {{convert|1800|ft3|m3}} of water per second to irrigate {{convert|121000|acre|km2}} of the Palo Verde Valley and mesa lands on the west side of the Colorado River in California. The headworks of the diversion canal consists of four {{convert|12|ft|m}} by {{convert|8|ft|m}} pipes, while the spillway is a gated structure consisting of three {{convert|50|ft|m}} long gates separated by {{convert|8|ft|m}} thick piers. The control house of the dam is found immediately upstream of the headworks area.[1] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Palo+Verde+Diversion+Dam |title=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation- Palo Verde Dam |accessdate=2009-02-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925123614/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Palo%20Verde%20Diversion%20Dam |archivedate=September 25, 2012 }} {{Colorado_River_system}} 10 : Dams in California|Dams in Arizona|Dams of the Lower Colorado River Valley|Buildings and structures in La Paz County, Arizona|Buildings and structures in Riverside County, California|Blythe, California|Dams on the Colorado River|United States Bureau of Reclamation dams|Dams completed in 1958|1958 establishments in Arizona |
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