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Dossier #418 · GRanD 6815

Manapouri Lake Control

🇳🇿New Zealand · Waiau River · Waiau Basin · near Te Anau

Built 1975 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
13 m
Crest length
770 m
Reservoir capacity
470 MCM
Reservoir area
132.8 km²
Average depth
3.5 m
Catchment
4,503 km²
Avg discharge
316,904 L/s
Elevation
181 masl
Degree of regulation
4.7 %

Notes

Built 1975

Provenance

Record 418 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -45.5640, 167.6052.