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Dossier #1255 · GRanD 2549

Blanda Dam

🇮🇸Iceland · Blanda River · near Blonduos

Built 1991 · Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
44 m
Crest length
800 m
Reservoir capacity
400 MCM
Reservoir area
53.8 km²
Average depth
7.4 m
Catchment
1,403 km²
Avg discharge
41,227 L/s
Elevation
449 masl
Degree of regulation
30.8 %

Notes

Built 1991

Provenance

Record 1255 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 65.2184, -19.6813.