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Dossier #2007 · GRanD 4052

Matala

🇦🇴Angola · Cunene River · South West Coast Basin · near Matala

Built 1954 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
16 m
Reservoir capacity
78 MCM
Reservoir area
19.2 km²
Average depth
4.1 m
Catchment
28,119 km²
Avg discharge
238,152 L/s
Elevation
1,221 masl
Degree of regulation
1 %

Notes

Built 1954

Provenance

Record 2007 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -14.7393, 15.0427.