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Dossier #173 · GRanD 657

Elephant Butte Dike

🇺🇸United States · Rio Grande River

Built 1921 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationHydroelectricityFlood controlRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
18 m
Crest length
581 m
Reservoir capacity
2.9 km³
Reservoir area
110.3 km²
Average depth
26.6 m
Catchment
77,323 km²
Avg discharge
53,131 L/s
Elevation
1,351 masl
Degree of regulation
175 %

Notes

Built 1921

Provenance

Record 173 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 33.1560, -107.1893.