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Dossier #407 · GRanD 4198

Bloemhof

🇿🇦South Africa · Vaal River · Orange Basin · near Bloemhof

Built 1981 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationWater supplyFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
35 m
Reservoir capacity
1.3 km³
Reservoir area
163.4 km²
Average depth
7.8 m
Catchment
106,459 km²
Avg discharge
109,933 L/s
Elevation
1,228 masl
Degree of regulation
36.6 %

Notes

Built 1981

Provenance

Record 407 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -27.6647, 25.6230.