Switzerland · Rhône headwaters
Grande Dixence
Hydropower · Alpine seasonal storage
Live reservoir intelligenceSwitzerland
46.0600, 7.4000Current conditions
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Global Dam Watch · reviewed join
3: FairDam and catchment reference
Dam / barrierGrande Dixence
Completed1961
Dam height285 m
Dam length695 m
Reference capacity400 mil. m³
Reference surface2.06 km²
Catchment46 km²
Elevation2,283 m a.s.l.
Long-term mean flow1.3 m³/s
Reference main useHydroelectricity
The mean flow is a WaterGAP/HydroSHEDS 1971-2000 model reference from Global Dam Watch, not today's inflow or release. Blank fields remain unfilled where no reviewed dam match exists.
Sources
Field-level provenanceGlobal Dam Watch - barrier 3820
Dam dimensions, reservoir area and capacity, catchment, elevation, completion year and long-term mean river discharge.
Quality fair. Discharge is the modelled 1971-2000 mean, not a current operator reading. Field definitions: https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/public/JRC-OpenData/GDW/GDW_TechDoc_v1_delta.pdfGlobal Water Watch
Satellite-observed surface-water area for Global Water Watch reservoir 78797.
Surface area is not stored volume, fill percentage, gate state or dam safety.