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Paulo Afonso Falls (also known as Cachoeira de Paulo Afonso〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=World Waterfall Database- Paulo Afonso Falls ) 〕) is a series of waterfalls on the São Francisco River in the north-east of Brazil adjacent to the city of Paulo Afonso. They stand up to high. Upstream of the falls, a hydroelectric dam, the Hidrelétrica de Angiquinho (the first hydroelectric plant in northeastern Brazil)〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title= Paulo Afonso, Bahia (Brazil) ) 〕 blocks the flow of the river. Prior to the damming of the river, the average water flow over the falls was over , and floods exceeded .〔〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Encyclopædia Britannica- Paulo Afonso Falls ) 〕 The falls consist of a steep rapid that descends approximately and then drops a main plunge of into a narrow gorge.〔 The Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex that grew from the original plant was known as Complexo Hidrelétrico de Paulo Afonso in Portuguese, or locally simply as Paulo Afonso.〔 Wikipédia (Portuguese): Complexo Hidrelétrico de Paulo Afonso 〕 This, and later plants, such as the Hidrelétrica de Xingó downstream, near the town of Piranhas, Alagoas,〔 (Usina Hidrelétrica de Xingó - Piranhas/AL ) 〕 provide much of the region with electric power.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Entremontes and Piranhas- Rio São Francisco ) 〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paulo Afonso Falls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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