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Dossier #28119

PRIEST RAPIDS

🇺🇸United States · COLUMBIA RIVER River · near RICHLAND, WA

Built 1961 · Dam · data quality: Fair

HydroelectricityFlood controlRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
57 m
Crest length
3,079 m
Reservoir capacity
235.6 MCM
Reservoir area
30.6 km²
Average depth
7.7 m
Catchment
248,825 km²
Avg discharge
3,523,737 L/s
Elevation
145 masl
Degree of regulation
0.2 %

Notes

Built 1961

Provenance

Record 28119 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GOODD-NID, year via NID. Coordinates are river-snapped: 46.6451, -119.9115.