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Dossier #153 · GRanD 610

Hoover

🇺🇸United States · Colorado River River

Built 1935 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricityWater supply
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
223 m
Crest length
580 m
Reservoir capacity
36.7 km³
Reservoir area
581.1 km²
Average depth
63.2 m
Catchment
424,018 km²
Avg discharge
586,683 L/s
Elevation
370 masl
Degree of regulation
198.4 %

Notes

Built 1935

Provenance

Record 153 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 36.0182, -114.7350.