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Tarebela reservior The 50-miles (81 kilometers) long reservoir created by the Project has a gross storage capacity of 11.6 million acre feet at the maximum lake elevation of 1550 feet (472 meters) a residual capacity of 1.9 MAF at the assumed level of maximum drawdown elevation 1300 feet (396 meters) and a net useable capacity of 9.7 MAF.

MAIN FEATURES OF THE RESERVOIR
Catchment Area	65,500 sq Miles (169600 sq km)
Annual Flow at Tarbela	64 MAF
Area of Lake	100 sq Miles (259 sq km)
Design Live Storage	9.680 MAF
Existing Gross Storage	7.990 MAF
Existing Live Storage	6.849 MAF
Max Depth	450 feet (137 meter)
Max Elevation	1550 feet (472.44 meter)
Min Operating Elevation	1378 feet (420.01 meter)
Crest elevation	1565 ft.SPD (477 meters)
Length of Crest	9000 ft (2743 meters)
Max Height (above river bed)	465 ft. (147.82 meters)