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Dossier #6616 · GRanD 4042

Ruzizi 1

🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo / Rwanda · Ruzizi River · Congo Basin · near Bukavu

Built 1959 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
15 m
Reservoir capacity
1.5 MCM
Reservoir area
0.4 km²
Average depth
3.4 m
Catchment
7,457 km²
Avg discharge
63,911 L/s
Elevation
1,466 masl
Degree of regulation
0.1 %

Notes

Ruzizi II was added 1989, and Ruzizi III is planned 25 km downstream

Built 1959

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Provenance

Record 6616 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -2.5090, 28.8774.