Germany · Wahnbach → Sieg
Wahnbachtalsperre
Drinking water supply
Live reservoir intelligenceGermany
50.8200, 7.3020Current conditions
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Capacity
Global Dam Watch · reviewed join
2: GoodDam and catchment reference
Dam / barrierWahnbach
Completed1958
Dam height53 m
Dam length379 m
Reference capacity41.4 mil. m³
Reference surface1.62 km²
Catchment73 km²
Elevation133 m a.s.l.
Long-term mean flow0.7 m³/s
Reference main useWater supply
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 3685
Dam dimensions, reservoir area and capacity, catchment, elevation, completion year and long-term mean river discharge.
Quality good. 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 75160.
Surface area is not stored volume, fill percentage, gate state or dam safety.