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Dossier #7070 · GRanD 7136

Merowe

🇸🇩Sudan · Nile River · Nile Basin · near Merowe

Built 2009 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
74 m
Crest length
9,700 m
Reservoir capacity
1.9 km³
Reservoir area
728.4 km²
Average depth
2.6 m
Catchment
2,345,567 km²
Avg discharge
3,078,474 L/s
Elevation
250 masl
Degree of regulation
2 %

Provenance

Record 7070 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 18.6718, 32.0607.