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Dossier #5235 · GRanD 4491

Turkwel

🇰🇪Kenya · Turkwel River · Rift Valley Basin · near Kitale

Built 1991 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
155 m
Crest length
180 m
Reservoir capacity
1.6 km³
Reservoir area
8.5 km²
Average depth
192.8 m
Catchment
5,942 km²
Avg discharge
27,658 L/s
Elevation
1,103 masl
Degree of regulation
188.6 %

Notes

Polygon too small?

Built 1991

Provenance

Record 5235 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 1.8962, 35.3303.