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Dossier #197 · GRanD 2490

Boa Esperanca

🇧🇷Brazil · Parnaiba River · Paranaiba Basin · near Floriano

Built 1969 · Dam · data quality: Fair

HydroelectricityFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
53 m
Crest length
5,212 m
Reservoir capacity
5.1 km³
Reservoir area
309.8 km²
Average depth
16.3 m
Catchment
85,234 km²
Avg discharge
502,502 L/s
Elevation
160 masl
Degree of regulation
31.9 %

Notes

Built 1969

Provenance

Record 197 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -6.7522, -43.5688.