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Dossier #55 · GRanD 4789

Kapchagay

🇰🇿Kazakhstan · Ili River · near Alma-Ata

Built 1970 · Dam · data quality: Fair

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
52 m
Crest length
840 m
Reservoir capacity
28.1 km³
Reservoir area
1,208.3 km²
Average depth
23.3 m
Catchment
113,658 km²
Avg discharge
197,454 L/s
Elevation
474 masl
Degree of regulation
451.3 %

Notes

Built 1970

Provenance

Record 55 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 43.9217, 77.1036.