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Dossier #3562 · GRanD 3144

Forsvatn Hoveddam

🇳🇴Norway · Kjela River · near Rjukan

Built 1979 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
55 m
Crest length
240 m
Reservoir capacity
110.2 MCM
Reservoir area
3.2 km²
Average depth
34.4 m
Catchment
54 km²
Avg discharge
2,034 L/s
Elevation
879 masl
Degree of regulation
171.8 %

Notes

Built 1979

Provenance

Record 3562 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 59.7303, 7.4252.