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Dossier #1343 · GRanD 6821

Haringvliet Dam

🇳🇱Netherlands · Haringvliet River · near Hellevoetsluis

Built 1970 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Fair

Flood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
24 m
Crest length
5,500 m
Reservoir capacity
600 MCM
Reservoir area
81.4 km²
Average depth
7.4 m
Catchment
73 km²
Avg discharge
1,108 L/s
Elevation
-2 masl
Degree of regulation
1,717.1 %

Notes

Dam for tide control; connects to North Sea; not an ordinary reservoir

Built 1970

Provenance

Record 1343 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 51.8214, 4.1396.