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Dossier #5168 · GRanD 3622

Kafin Chiri

🇳🇬Nigeria · Jatau River · Lake Chad Basin · near Sumaila

Built 1977 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationWater supplyOther
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
16 m
Reservoir capacity
31.1 MCM
Reservoir area
4.2 km²
Average depth
7.4 m
Catchment
236 km²
Avg discharge
1,214 L/s
Elevation
470 masl
Degree of regulation
81.2 %

Notes

Built 1977

Provenance

Record 5168 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 11.6101, 8.8519.