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Dossier #7270 · GRanD 7339

Piraju

🇧🇷Brazil · Paranapanema River · Parana Basin · near Piraju

Built 1962 · Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
16 m
Crest length
150 m
Reservoir capacity
105 MCM
Reservoir area
13.2 km²
Average depth
8 m
Catchment
18,243 km²
Avg discharge
158,886 L/s
Elevation
515 masl
Degree of regulation
2.1 %

Notes

May have undergone an update in 2002; dam point location is not precise

Built 1962

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Provenance

Record 7270 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -23.1687, -49.3684.