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Dossier #1548 · GRanD 5935

Hwachon

🇰🇷South Korea · North Han River · Han Basin · near Hwachon

Built 1944 · Dam · data quality: Fair

HydroelectricityFlood controlOther
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
82 m
Crest length
435 m
Reservoir capacity
1 km³
Reservoir area
21.8 km²
Average depth
46.9 m
Catchment
4,040 km²
Avg discharge
84,024 L/s
Elevation
176 masl
Degree of regulation
38.5 %

Notes

Alternative dam name: Pyonghwa; reservoir split by Peace Dam in 2005

Built 1944

Provenance

Record 1548 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 38.1145, 127.7772.