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Dossier #224 · GRanD 2431

Iguazu

🇵🇾Paraguay · Iguazu River · De la Plata Basin · near Distrito Iguazu

Built 1972 · Dam · data quality: Good

Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
43 m
Crest length
2,041 m
Reservoir capacity
8.4 km³
Reservoir area
403 km²
Average depth
20.8 m
Catchment
4,970 km²
Avg discharge
116,859 L/s
Elevation
219 masl
Degree of regulation
227.9 %

Notes

Built 1972

Provenance

Record 224 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -25.3744, -54.9699.