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Dossier #1959 · GRanD 5040

Idukki

🇮🇳India · Periyar River · Periyar Basin · near Idukki

Built 1974 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
169 m
Crest length
366 m
Reservoir capacity
2 km³
Reservoir area
38.9 km²
Average depth
51.4 m
Catchment
1,296 km²
Avg discharge
32,745 L/s
Elevation
722 masl
Degree of regulation
193.7 %

Notes

Multiple dams on reservoir, Idukki is the highest

Built 1974

Provenance

Record 1959 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 9.8437, 76.9688.