Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01

The Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1, Revision 01 (v1.01) contains 6,862 records of reservoirs and their associated dams with a cumulative storage capacity of 6,197 cubic km. The dams were geospatially referenced and assigned to polygons depicting reservoir outlines at high spatial resolution. Dams have multiple attributes, such as name of the dam and impounded river, primary use, nearest city, height, area and volume of reservoir, and year of construction (or commissioning). While the main focus was to include all dams associated with reservoirs that have a storage capacity of more than 0.1 cubic kilometers, many smaller dams and reservoirs were added where data were available. The data were compiled by Lehner et al. (2011) and are distributed by the Global Water System Project (GWSP) and by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). For details please refer to the Technical Documentation which is provided with the data.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Maintainer undefined
Last Updated July 17, 2025, 16:18 (UTC)
Created April 23, 2025, 22:53 (UTC)
accessLevel public
bureauCode {026:00}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_@id https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
citation Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011-12-22. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Version 1.01. Bonn, Germany. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Global Water System Project (GWSP). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4N877QK. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4N877QK.
creator Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser
graphic-preview-description Maps Download Page
graphic-preview-file https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/grand-v1-dams-rev01/maps
harvest_object_id 964461c9-5e2e-4c6e-8b96-95a5db94c462
harvest_source_id 61638e72-b36c-4866-9d28-551a3062f158
harvest_source_title DNG Legacy Data
identifier C2210186323-SEDAC
issued 2011-12-22
language {en-US}
metadata_type geospatial
modified 2011-12-22
programCode {026:001}
publisher SEDAC
references {https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HH6H08}
release-place Bonn, Germany
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 135778c746c9e4e6c07275fc5c8f421829d9e30f12e93d2bb998683d8a86a2e2
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial -153.03 -45.88 176.82 70.4
temporal 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z/2011-12-31T00:00:00Z
theme {GRAND,geospatial}