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Dossier #333 · GRanD 5125

Karnafuli

🇧🇩Bangladesh · Karnafuli River · Karnafuli Basin · near Chittagong

Built 1962 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationHydroelectricityFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
46 m
Crest length
671 m
Reservoir capacity
6.5 km³
Reservoir area
326.1 km²
Average depth
19.9 m
Catchment
10,862 km²
Avg discharge
694,823 L/s
Elevation
30 masl
Degree of regulation
29.7 %

Notes

Built 1962

Provenance

Record 333 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 22.4951, 92.2281.