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Dossier #209 · GRanD 2385

Volta Grande

🇧🇷Brazil · Grande River · De la Plata Basin · near Volta Grande

Built 1974 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
55 m
Crest length
1,978 m
Reservoir capacity
2.2 km³
Reservoir area
177.9 km²
Average depth
12.2 m
Catchment
67,558 km²
Avg discharge
1,171,983 L/s
Elevation
493 masl
Degree of regulation
5.9 %

Notes

Built 1974

Provenance

Record 209 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -20.0277, -48.2177.