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Dossier #1990 · GRanD 4499

Masinga

🇰🇪Kenya · Tana River · East Central Coast Basin · near Embu

Built 1980 · Dam · data quality: Fair

HydroelectricityFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
70 m
Reservoir capacity
1.6 km³
Reservoir area
69.4 km²
Average depth
22.5 m
Installed power
40 MW
Catchment
7,247 km²
Avg discharge
75,310 L/s
Elevation
1,046 masl
Degree of regulation
65.7 %

Notes

Installed hydropower capacity 40 MW

Built 1980

Provenance

Record 1990 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -0.8813, 37.5853.