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Dossier #184 · GRanD 1320

International Falcon Lake Dam

🇲🇽Mexico / United States · Rio Grande River · near Starr

Built 1953 · Dam · data quality: Poor

IrrigationHydroelectricityFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
53 m
Crest length
8,014 m
Reservoir capacity
3.9 km³
Reservoir area
120.6 km²
Average depth
32.5 m
Catchment
430,279 km²
Avg discharge
216,536 L/s
Elevation
80 masl
Degree of regulation
57.4 %

Notes

Not sure about capacity

Built 1953

Provenance

Record 184 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 26.5614, -99.1677.