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Dossier #62 · GRanD 4505

Cahora Bassa

🇲🇿Mozambique / Zimbabwe · Zambezi River · Zambezi Basin · near Tete

Built 1974 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationHydroelectricityFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
171 m
Reservoir capacity
63 km³
Reservoir area
2,041.5 km²
Average depth
30.9 m
Catchment
1,068,237 km²
Avg discharge
2,652,541 L/s
Elevation
314 masl
Degree of regulation
75.3 %

Notes

Built 1974

Provenance

Record 62 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -15.5863, 32.7043.