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Dossier #7408 · GRanD 7368

Moragahakanda

🇱🇰Sri Lanka · Amban Ganga River · Mahaweli Basin · near Elhera

Built 2018 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricityWater supplyFisheries
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
65 m
Crest length
278 m
Reservoir capacity
521 MCM
Reservoir area
20 km²
Average depth
26.1 m
Catchment
773 km²
Avg discharge
18,776 L/s
Elevation
148 masl
Degree of regulation
88 %

Provenance

Record 7408 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 7.6965, 80.7729.