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Dossier #66 · GRanD 705

Kettle Rapids Main Dam

🇨🇦Canada · Nelson River · near Gillam

Built 1970 · Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
46 m
Crest length
1,700 m
Reservoir capacity
2.5 km³
Reservoir area
318.6 km²
Average depth
7.9 m
Catchment
991,521 km²
Avg discharge
2,299,490 L/s
Elevation
132 masl
Degree of regulation
3.5 %

Notes

Built 1970

Provenance

Record 66 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 56.3812, -94.6364.