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Dossier #5166 · GRanD 3620

Karaye

🇳🇬Nigeria · Kurma River · Lake Chad Basin · near Karaye

Built 1971 · Dam · data quality: Good

Water supplyOther
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
15 m
Reservoir capacity
17.2 MCM
Reservoir area
1.3 km²
Average depth
13.7 m
Catchment
84 km²
Avg discharge
395 L/s
Elevation
520 masl
Degree of regulation
138.1 %

Notes

Built 1971

Provenance

Record 5166 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 11.8192, 8.0304.