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Dossier #1257 · GRanD 3060

Namsvatn Hoveddam

🇳🇴Norway · Namsen River · near Namsos

Built 1951 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
20 m
Crest length
230 m
Reservoir capacity
500 MCM
Reservoir area
39.6 km²
Average depth
12.6 m
Catchment
697 km²
Avg discharge
26,801 L/s
Elevation
438 masl
Degree of regulation
59.2 %

Notes

Built 1951

Provenance

Record 1257 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 65.0089, 13.5366.