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The Imperial Diversion Dam (National ID # CA10159) is a concrete slab and buttress ogee weir structure across the California/Arizona border 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Yuma. Completed in the 1938 the dam retains the waters of the Colorado River into the Imperial Reservoir before desilting and diversion into the All-American Canal the Gila River and the Yuma Project aqueduct.

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length (km)
1059.18
building start year
1936-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
height (cm)
25.908
location
Imperial County California, Yuma County Arizona, Lower Colorado River Valley
opening year
1938-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operator
United States Bureau of Reclamation
part
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river
Colorado River
latitude
32.8831
longitude
-114.465

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