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Dossier #285 · GRanD 3880

Iron Gate 1

🇷🇴Romania / Serbia · Danube River · near Drobeta Turnu Severin

Built 1972 · Dam · data quality: Good

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
60 m
Crest length
1,278 m
Reservoir capacity
2.6 km³
Reservoir area
118.8 km²
Average depth
21.5 m
Installed power
2,200 MW
Catchment
560,682 km²
Avg discharge
5,506,185 L/s
Elevation
54 masl
Degree of regulation
1.5 %

Notes

Very large hydropower station (installed capacity 2200 MW) at border of Romania and Serbia; alternative administrative unit: Serbia Borski

Built 1972

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Provenance

Record 285 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 44.6733, 22.5309.