Construit dans la basse vallée de l'Isère entre 1917 et 1922, dans le département de la Drôme, à 10 km en amont de la confluence avec le Rhône, le barrage de Beaumont-Monteux est un barrage mobile de 134 mètres de largeur et 11 mètres de hauteur, qui a pour fonction de dériver l'eau de l'Isère dans un canal d'amenée de 1600 mètres de long, alimentant la centrale hydroélectrique de Beaumont-Monteux.
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Le barrage de dérivation est situé sur la commune de Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, et la centre hydroélectrique est située sur la commune de Beaumont-Monteux.