Bersimis

Specifications

Height

61 m

Crest length

671 m

Reservoir capacity

13.9 km³

Reservoir area

792.8 km²

Average depth

17.5 m

Catchment

13,679 km²

Avg discharge

266,923 L/s

Elevation

391 masl

Degree of regulation

165.1 %

Notes

Several dams: Bersimis and Des Roches in the East, Pamouscachiou 1 and 2 in the West; the reservoir drains both to the East (Betsiamites River) and West (Shipshaw River)

Built 1956

Provenance

Record 93 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 49.3548, -69.7698.