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Dossier #1979 · GRanD 5053

Udawalawe

🇱🇰Sri Lanka · Walawe Ganga River · near Hambantota

Built 1973 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
39 m
Crest length
4,023 m
Reservoir capacity
268.6 MCM
Reservoir area
27.8 km²
Average depth
9.7 m
Catchment
1,177 km²
Avg discharge
45,801 L/s
Elevation
83 masl
Degree of regulation
18.6 %

Notes

Built 1973

Provenance

Record 1979 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 6.4285, 80.8385.