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Dossier #900 · GRanD 1801

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🇺🇸United States · Little Tennessee River River

Built 1944 · Dam · data quality: Good

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
146 m
Crest length
721 m
Reservoir capacity
1.8 km³
Reservoir area
24.9 km²
Average depth
71.5 m
Catchment
4,046 km²
Avg discharge
127,280 L/s
Elevation
503 masl
Degree of regulation
44.3 %

Provenance

Record 900 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 35.4534, -83.8073.