Design
The Neyyar Dam is a concrete gravity-type with a height of 56 m (184 ft) and length of 294 m (965 ft). Its structural volume is 105,000 m3 (3,708,040 cu ft). The dam creates a reservoir of 1,060,000,000 m3 (859,356 acre·ft) of which 1,010,000,000 m3 (818,820 acre·ft) is active (useful) capacity. The reservoir's surface area is 91 km2 (35 sq mi) and the dam's spillway has a 809 m3/s (28,570 cu ft/s) maximum discharge capacity.
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