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Dossier #5547 · GRanD 6798

Ruantaniwha

🇳🇿New Zealand · Ohau River · Waitaki Basin · near Timaru

Built 1981 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
42 m
Crest length
300 m
Reservoir capacity
49 MCM
Reservoir area
4.1 km²
Average depth
12 m
Catchment
1,437 km²
Avg discharge
82,213 L/s
Elevation
461 masl
Degree of regulation
1.9 %

Notes

Built 1981

Provenance

Record 5547 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -44.2865, 170.0879.