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Dossier #146 · GRanD 597

Glen Canyon

🇺🇸United States · Colorado River River

Built 1963 · Dam · data quality: Good

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
216 m
Crest length
580 m
Reservoir capacity
25.1 km³
Reservoir area
120.8 km²
Average depth
207.5 m
Installed power
1,320 MW
Catchment
278,955 km²
Avg discharge
562,446 L/s
Elevation
1,121 masl
Degree of regulation
141.3 %

Provenance

Record 146 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 36.9396, -111.4852.