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Dossier #4912 · GRanD 5100

Umiam

🇮🇳India · Umiam River · Brahmaputra Basin · near Shillong

Built 1964 · Dam · data quality: Fair

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
78 m
Crest length
195 m
Reservoir capacity
182.7 MCM
Reservoir area
7.6 km²
Average depth
24.1 m
Catchment
240 km²
Avg discharge
33,398 L/s
Elevation
978 masl
Degree of regulation
17.3 %

Notes

Reservoir called 'Umiam Lake' or 'Barapani Lake'

Built 1964

Provenance

Record 4912 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 25.6572, 91.8972.