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Dossier #12 · GRanD 2000

Churchill Falls

🇨🇦Canada · Churchill South River · near Churchill Falls

Built 1971 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
16 m
Crest length
518 m
Reservoir capacity
32.3 km³
Reservoir area
5,841.1 km²
Average depth
5.5 m
Catchment
45,495 km²
Avg discharge
892,163 L/s
Elevation
411 masl
Degree of regulation
114.9 %

Notes

Alternative dam height: 11 m

Built 1971

Provenance

Record 12 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 53.6488, -64.2615.