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Dossier #5240 · GRanD 4496

Kamburu

🇰🇪Kenya · Tana River · East Central Coast Basin · near Embu

Built 1974 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
56 m
Reservoir capacity
150 MCM
Reservoir area
8.7 km²
Average depth
17.3 m
Installed power
94 MW
Catchment
9,509 km²
Avg discharge
94,544 L/s
Elevation
1,001 masl
Degree of regulation
5 %

Notes

Installed hydropower capacity 94 MW (84 MW effective)

Built 1974

Provenance

Record 5240 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -0.8077, 37.6823.