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Dossier #419 · GRanD 2

Mayo

🇨🇦Canada · Mayo River · near Whitehorse

Built 1952 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Verified

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
11 m
Crest length
53 m
Reservoir capacity
264.8 MCM
Reservoir area
98.7 km²
Average depth
2.7 m
Catchment
1,174 km²
Avg discharge
11,546 L/s
Elevation
661 masl
Degree of regulation
72.7 %

Notes

This dam is on Mayo Lake to control the release of water; its hydropower station is at Wareham Dam some 50 km downstream

Built 1952

Provenance

Record 419 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 63.7742, -135.3670.