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Dossier #5170 · GRanD 3624

Ruwan Kanya

🇳🇬Nigeria · Kanya River · Lake Chad Basin · near Kano

Built 1976 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationOther
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
22 m
Reservoir capacity
33 MCM
Reservoir area
4.5 km²
Average depth
7.3 m
Catchment
131 km²
Avg discharge
667 L/s
Elevation
504 masl
Degree of regulation
156.9 %

Notes

Built 1976

Provenance

Record 5170 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 11.5021, 8.4483.