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Dossier #5529 · GRanD 6777

Whakamaru

🇳🇿New Zealand · Waikato River · Waikato Basin · near Hamilton

Built 1956 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
56 m
Crest length
337 m
Reservoir capacity
77.6 MCM
Reservoir area
7.2 km²
Average depth
10.8 m
Catchment
5,887 km²
Avg discharge
152,212 L/s
Elevation
229 masl
Degree of regulation
1.6 %

Notes

Built 1956

Provenance

Record 5529 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -38.4203, 175.8074.