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Dossier #3440 · GRanD 2493

Piranhas

🇧🇷Brazil · Piranhas River · near Cajazeiras

Built 1936 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
41 m
Crest length
359 m
Reservoir capacity
255 MCM
Reservoir area
6.8 km²
Average depth
37.6 m
Catchment
999 km²
Avg discharge
3,477 L/s
Elevation
310 masl
Degree of regulation
232.6 %

Notes

Built 1936

Provenance

Record 3440 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -6.9870, -38.4535.