Inventory of dams in Germany

Speckhann, Gustavo Andrei; Kreibich, Heidi; Merz, Bruno

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-731-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-731-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-731-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Data description paper

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02 Mar 2021

Data description paper |

| 02 Mar 2021

Inventory of dams in Germany

Gustavo Andrei Speckhann, Heidi Kreibich, and Bruno Merz

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript essd-2020-266', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Responses to reviewers 1 and 2.', Gustavo Andrei Speckhann, 20 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Review comments for ESSD-2020-266, "Inventory of dams in Germany"', Benjamin Fersch, 05 Jan 2021

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Short summary

Dams are an important element of water resources management. Data about dams are crucial for practitioners, scientists, and policymakers. We present the most comprehensive open-access dam inventory for Germany to date. The inventory combines multiple sources of information. It comprises 530 dams with information on name, location, river, start year of construction and operation, crest length, dam height, lake area, lake volume, purpose, dam structure, and building characteristics.