Dossier #1266 · GRanD 2551
Thorisos
🇮🇸Iceland · Thorisos River · near Selfoss
Built 1972 · Dam · data quality: Fair
Hydroelectricity ★
Reservoir outline · simplified
Specifications
- Height
- 33 m
- Crest length
- 1,125 m
- Reservoir capacity
- 1.4 km³
- Reservoir area
- 78.9 km²
- Average depth
- 17.7 m
- Catchment
- 288 km²
- Avg discharge
- 17,332 L/s
- Elevation
- 519 masl
- Degree of regulation
- 256.1 %
Notes
The Vatnsfell dam (at south side of lake) releases water in winter only
Built 1972
Provenance
Record 1266 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 64.3460, -18.7961.