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Dossier #258 · GRanD 3727

Puntarikoski

🇫🇮Finland · Canal of Hoytiainen River · near Joensuu

Built 1957 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
14 m
Crest length
150 m
Reservoir capacity
2.4 km³
Reservoir area
285.2 km²
Average depth
8.4 m
Catchment
611 km²
Avg discharge
7,071 L/s
Elevation
66 masl
Degree of regulation
1,071.8 %

Notes

Lake was drained in 1859 to a third of its size; dam is at outlet at south end of lake

Built 1957

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Provenance

Record 258 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 62.8252, 29.4823.