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Dossier #214 · GRanD 2392

Furnas

🇧🇷Brazil · Grande Furnas River · De la Plata Basin · near Passos

Built 1963 · Dam · data quality: Fair

HydroelectricityOther
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
127 m
Crest length
554 m
Reservoir capacity
23 km³
Reservoir area
925.5 km²
Average depth
24.8 m
Catchment
51,982 km²
Avg discharge
858,105 L/s
Elevation
760 masl
Degree of regulation
84.8 %

Notes

One dam with two names ('Pium I' and 'Furnas')?

Built 1963

Provenance

Record 214 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -20.6690, -46.3136.