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Dossier #396 · GRanD 4047

Mwadinguisha

🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo · Lufira River · Congo Basin

Built 1930 · Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
13 m
Reservoir capacity
1.5 km³
Reservoir area
178.9 km²
Average depth
8.4 m
Catchment
12,620 km²
Avg discharge
72,230 L/s
Elevation
1,120 masl
Degree of regulation
65.9 %

Notes

Modern name: Mwadinguisha; colonial name: Franqui

Built 1930

Provenance

Record 396 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -10.7533, 27.2448.