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Dossier #5719 · GRanD 2272

El Guapo

🇻🇪Venezuela · Guapo River · Guapo Basin · near El Guapo

Built 1978 · Destroyed · Dam · data quality: Fair

Water supplyFlood controlOther
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
60 m
Crest length
524 m
Reservoir capacity
155 MCM
Reservoir area
0.4 km²
Average depth
371.7 m
Catchment
472 km²
Avg discharge
3,975 L/s
Elevation
61 masl
Degree of regulation
123.6 %

Notes

Dam folded under excessive pressure in 1999, and seems currently destroyed; polygon smaller than original extent; Updated main use December 2018

Built 1978 - Destroyed

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Provenance

Record 5719 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 10.1051, -65.9802.