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Dossier #1471 · GRanD 6867

Shamkir

🇦🇿Azerbaijan · Kura River · Caspian Sea Basin · near Shamkir

Built 1983 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricityWater supplyFlood control
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
70 m
Reservoir capacity
2.7 km³
Reservoir area
111.5 km²
Average depth
24 m
Catchment
40,561 km²
Avg discharge
259,851 L/s
Elevation
145 masl
Degree of regulation
32.7 %

Notes

Upgraded in 2014? No definitive information as to the extra reservoir storage enabled by upgrade.

Built 1983

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Provenance

Record 1471 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 40.9465, 46.1672.