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Dossier #367 · GRanD 5014

Mettur

🇮🇳India · Cauvery River · Cauvery Basin · near Salem

Built 1934 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationHydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
70 m
Crest length
1,615 m
Reservoir capacity
2.7 km³
Reservoir area
120.7 km²
Average depth
22.4 m
Catchment
42,979 km²
Avg discharge
207,613 L/s
Elevation
235 masl
Degree of regulation
41.4 %

Notes

Built 1934

Provenance

Record 367 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 11.8026, 77.8107.