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Dossier #193 · GRanD 2287

Guarico

🇻🇪Venezuela · Guarico River · Orinoco Basin · near Calabozo

Built 1957 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
30 m
Crest length
15,000 m
Reservoir capacity
1.8 km³
Reservoir area
186.8 km²
Average depth
9.9 m
Catchment
8,117 km²
Avg discharge
36,462 L/s
Elevation
101 masl
Degree of regulation
160.1 %

Notes

Built 1957

Provenance

Record 193 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 8.9530, -67.4045.