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Dossier #5171 · GRanD 5016

Pykara

🇮🇳India · Pykara River · Cauvery Basin · near Uthagamandala

Built 1935 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
56 m
Crest length
193 m
Reservoir capacity
79.2 MCM
Reservoir area
3.5 km²
Average depth
22.7 m
Catchment
94 km²
Avg discharge
1,583 L/s
Elevation
2,076 masl
Degree of regulation
158.6 %

Notes

Built 1935

Provenance

Record 5171 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 11.4591, 76.6034.