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Dossier #105 · GRanD 310

Grand Coulee

🇺🇸United States · Columbia River River

Built 1941 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricityFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
168 m
Crest length
584 m
Reservoir capacity
6.4 km³
Reservoir area
270 km²
Average depth
23.7 m
Installed power
6,800 MW
Catchment
194,674 km²
Avg discharge
3,166,706 L/s
Elevation
383 masl
Degree of regulation
6.4 %

Provenance

Record 105 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 47.9547, -118.9809.