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Dossier #1365 · GRanD 6817

La Rance

🇫🇷France · Rance River · near Dinard

Built 1966 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
27 m
Crest length
720 m
Reservoir capacity
200 MCM
Reservoir area
27.6 km²
Average depth
7.2 m
Catchment
1,026 km²
Avg discharge
16,869 L/s
Elevation
0 masl
Degree of regulation
37.6 %

Notes

Dam for tide control; connects to North Sea; not an ordinary reservoir

Built 1966

Provenance

Record 1365 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 48.5396, -1.9687.