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Dossier #5188 · GRanD 3630

Biu

🇳🇬Nigeria · Divama River · Niger Basin · near Biu

Built 1990 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationWater supply
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Reservoir capacity
11.9 MCM
Reservoir area
1.5 km²
Average depth
7.9 m
Catchment
157 km²
Avg discharge
449 L/s
Elevation
615 masl
Degree of regulation
84 %

Notes

Built 1990

Provenance

Record 5188 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via Estimated. Coordinates are river-snapped: 10.6378, 12.0915.