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Dossier #870 · GRanD 1767

Watauga

🇺🇸United States · Watauga River River

Built 1948 · Dam · data quality: Good

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
101 m
Crest length
282 m
Reservoir capacity
835.1 MCM
Reservoir area
21.4 km²
Average depth
39 m
Catchment
1,232 km²
Avg discharge
26,646 L/s
Elevation
597 masl
Degree of regulation
99.4 %

Provenance

Record 870 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 36.3216, -82.1220.