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Dossier #376 · GRanD 3637

Dadin Kowa

🇳🇬Nigeria · Gongola River · Niger Basin · near Shani

Built 1988 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricityWater supply
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
42 m
Reservoir capacity
2.9 km³
Reservoir area
150 km²
Average depth
19 m
Catchment
32,295 km²
Avg discharge
152,099 L/s
Elevation
239 masl
Degree of regulation
59.5 %

Notes

Built 1988

Provenance

Record 376 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 10.3229, 11.4796.