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Dossier #1952 · GRanD 5015

Bhavanisagar

🇮🇳India · Bhavani River · Cauvery Basin · near Mettupalayam

Built 1955 · Dam · data quality: Good

Irrigation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
62 m
Crest length
8,797 m
Reservoir capacity
929 MCM
Reservoir area
29 km²
Average depth
32 m
Catchment
4,117 km²
Avg discharge
19,087 L/s
Elevation
267 masl
Degree of regulation
154.3 %

Notes

Built 1955

Provenance

Record 1952 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 11.4688, 77.1104.