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Dossier #1975 · GRanD 5050

Senanayaka Samudra

🇱🇰Sri Lanka · Gal Oya River · near Ampara

Built 1956 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
44 m
Crest length
1,043 m
Reservoir capacity
949.8 MCM
Reservoir area
63.5 km²
Average depth
15 m
Catchment
999 km²
Avg discharge
22,959 L/s
Elevation
77 masl
Degree of regulation
131.2 %

Notes

Built 1956

Provenance

Record 1975 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 7.2103, 81.5345.