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Dossier #7400 · GRanD 7391

Nam Theun I

🇱🇦Laos · Nam Kadinh River · Mekong Basin · near Namouangkahi

Built 2021 · Dam · data quality: Poor

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
177 m
Crest length
722 m
Reservoir capacity
3 km³
Reservoir area
0.7 km²
Average depth
4,022.7 m
Catchment
13,898 km²
Avg discharge
430,623 L/s
Elevation
175 masl
Degree of regulation
22.2 %

Notes

Dam is visible in satellite imagery as of 2021; reservoir polygon incomplete

Built 2021

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Provenance

Record 7400 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 18.3512, 104.1463.