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Dossier #408 · GRanD 4260

Hendrik Verwoerd

🇿🇦South Africa · Orange River · Orange Basin · near Oranjekrag

Built 1979 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationHydroelectricityWater supply
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
88 m
Reservoir capacity
5.7 km³
Reservoir area
294.1 km²
Average depth
19.3 m
Catchment
70,461 km²
Avg discharge
166,072 L/s
Elevation
1,254 masl
Degree of regulation
108.3 %

Notes

Built 1979

Provenance

Record 408 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -30.6224, 25.5070.