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Dossier #5175 · GRanD 5020

Emerald

🇮🇳India · Emerald River · Cauvery Basin · near Ootacamund

Built 1961 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
65 m
Crest length
323 m
Reservoir capacity
156.2 MCM
Reservoir area
3.1 km²
Average depth
50.2 m
Catchment
35 km²
Avg discharge
611 L/s
Elevation
1,980 masl
Degree of regulation
810.6 %

Notes

Built 1961

Provenance

Record 5175 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 11.3313, 76.6188.