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Dossier #30 · GRanD 2432

Itaipu

🇵🇾Paraguay / Brazil · Parana Yacyreta River · De la Plata Basin · near Hermandarias

Built 1983 · Dam · data quality: Poor

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
196 m
Crest length
8,000 m
Reservoir capacity
29 km³
Reservoir area
1,154 km²
Average depth
25.1 m
Catchment
824,129 km²
Avg discharge
10,027,341 L/s
Elevation
215 masl
Degree of regulation
9.2 %

Notes

Not sure about area and capacity

Built 1983

Provenance

Record 30 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -25.4054, -54.5948.