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Dossier #7278 · GRanD 6851

Assiut Barrage

🇪🇬Egypt · Nile River · Nile Basin · near Assiut

Built 1902 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationNavigation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
16 m
Reservoir capacity
19.5 MCM
Reservoir area
2.8 km²
Average depth
7.1 m
Catchment
2,874,635 km²
Avg discharge
2,561,139 L/s
Elevation
46 masl
Degree of regulation
0 %

Notes

River barrage; no proper reservoir

Built 1902

Provenance

Record 7278 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 27.2047, 31.1865.