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The dam creates the Kukule Ganga Reservoir, which has a capacity and catchment area of 1,630,000 m 3 (58,000,000 cu ft) and 312 km 2 (120 sq mi) respectively. After passing through the dam and sand traps, water from the reservoir is fed into a 5.71 km (3.55 mi) long tunnel, which leads to the underground power station.
The Kukule Ganga is a river in Sabaragamuwa Province in southwestern Sri Lanka.The Kukule Ganga Dam and reservoir lie along the river. [1] The Kukule Ganga Dam has been built to generate electricity by using this river and has a basin area of 31,000 ha (120 sq mi), an annual average rainfall of 3,800 mm (150 in) and annual water yield of 976,000 ha/m (735,000 acre/ft).
The Victoria Dam on 15 April 2011, three days after its 26th anniversary of opening Randenigala Dam in 2013 Upstream view of the Kotmale Dam Open spillways of the Rajanganaya Dam. Irrigation dams with a length and height of more than 100 m (330 ft) and 10 m (33 ft) are listed, including all the state-run hydroelectric power stations.
The existing dam has reached the end of its lifespan. The dam, built in 1841 and reconstructed in 1959, has been worked on many times throughout the year. Under construction: Initial work underway ...
A dam collapsed in western Kenya early Monday, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing after a wall of water swept through houses and cut off a major road, the Interior Ministry said.
The Moragahakanda Dam, is a 65 m (213 ft) high gravity dam. The dam created the Moragahakanda Reservoir, which has an active storage capacity of 521,000,000 m 3 (1.84 × 10 10 cu ft) of water, [12] at a surface elevation of 185 m (607 ft). [13] Two additional embankment saddle dams will also be built to contain the Moragahakanda Reservoir.
As of May 2021, "83 bodies and 36 human body parts out of a total of 204 people missing have been recovered so far." [17] Of the missing and dead, 140 were workers at the Tapovan Hydropower Plant site. [18] Map 4: Some of the most severely affected locations are: Uttari Nanda Devi Glacier, Rishi Ganga river, Dhauli Ganga river, Rini village ...
The dam is roughly 30 miles southeast of Asheville. Flood warnings issued Flood warnings have been issued for several counties and towns in Western North Carolina, including Avery, Alleghany, Ashe ...