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Dossier #1303 · GRanD 3136

Songa Hoveddam

🇳🇴Norway · Songa River · near Rjukan

Built 1962 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
42 m
Crest length
1,650 m
Reservoir capacity
638.6 MCM
Reservoir area
30 km²
Average depth
21.3 m
Catchment
379 km²
Avg discharge
12,877 L/s
Elevation
964 masl
Degree of regulation
157.3 %

Notes

Built 1962

Provenance

Record 1303 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 59.8199, 7.5719.