France · Durance → Rhône
Serre-Ponçon
Hydropower · irrigation · supply
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44.4660, 6.3040Current conditions
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Global Dam Watch · reviewed join
3: FairDam and catchment reference
Dam / barrierSerre Poncon
Completed1960
Dam height129 m
Dam length600 m
Reference capacity1,300 mil. m³
Reference surface17.69 km²
Catchment3,564 km²
Elevation754 m a.s.l.
Long-term mean flow51.76 m³/s
Reference main useIrrigation
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 1382
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 86491.
Surface area is not stored volume, fill percentage, gate state or dam safety.