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Dossier #7249 · GRanD 6831

La Vueltosa

🇻🇪Venezuela · Caparo River · near Buena Vista

Built 1994 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricityFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
118 m
Reservoir capacity
5.3 km³
Reservoir area
89.6 km²
Average depth
59.1 m
Catchment
3,067 km²
Avg discharge
80,949 L/s
Elevation
211 masl
Degree of regulation
207.6 %

Notes

Built 1994

Provenance

Record 7249 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 7.7520, -71.4690.