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Dossier #5548 · GRanD 6802

Waitaki

🇳🇿New Zealand · Waitaki River · Waitaki Basin · near Damaru

Built 1934 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
37 m
Crest length
54 m
Reservoir capacity
53.2 MCM
Reservoir area
5.6 km²
Average depth
9.4 m
Catchment
9,619 km²
Avg discharge
349,935 L/s
Elevation
232 masl
Degree of regulation
0.5 %

Notes

Built 1934

Provenance

Record 5548 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -44.6887, 170.4255.