Sanmenxia

Specifications

Height

106 m

Crest length

713 m

Reservoir capacity

9.6 km³

Reservoir area

254.8 km²

Average depth

37.8 m

Catchment

690,473 km²

Avg discharge

1,350,955 L/s

Elevation

316 masl

Degree of regulation

22.6 %

Notes

Reservoir is filling up with sediments; capacities differ by source, orginal plans were 36 (or even 65) km3, but in reality max. cap. was 9.6 km3, today approx. 3.3 km3

Built 1960

Provenance

Record 309 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 34.8316, 111.3435.