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CORUMBA-3

Goiás · PARANAIBA

Capacity

972 hm³

Coordinates

-16.786°N, 47.942°W

Operator

ONS

23.7% full

Current fill

23.7%
Low

vs 7 days ago

-3.6%

losing

vs 1 year ago

N/A

7-day trend

↓

falling

Drought context

Storage vs October average

73%of normal

23.7% full on 2026-10-12, against an average of 32.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-8.7 points).

Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026

Near normal

In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around CORUMBA-3 had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +0.43). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →

Catchment Weather

Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo

Technical specifications

Total capacity972 hm³
Usable capacity259.7 hm³
Primary useHydroelectric
OperatorONS
RiverCORUMBÁ
ProvinceGoiás
River basinPARANAIBA
Data source:ONS – Operador Nacional do Sistema Elétrico·Last reading: 2026-10-12

Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -16.786, -47.942 · Open in Google Maps

About CORUMBA-3

As of October 12, 2026, CORUMBA-3 is filled to 23.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 62 hm³ of water out of a maximum 972 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 260 hm³ is usable (live) storage.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.6 percentage points.

Across the readings we hold for CORUMBA-3 — 52 data points between October 31, 2025 and October 12, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 23.5% (October 9, 2026) to a high of 71.7% (March 27, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.

It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the PARANAIBA basin at 16.786°S, 47.942°W.

Key facts

Current fill level
23.7%
Water stored
62 hm³
Total capacity
972 hm³
Usable capacity
260 hm³
7-day change
▼ 3.6 pts
Primary use
Hydroelectric power
River
CORUMBÁ
River basin
PARANAIBA
Operator
ONS
Coordinates
16.786°S, 47.942°W
Last updated
October 12, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
12 Oct 202623.7%62
9 Oct 202623.5%61
2 Oct 202627.3%71
25 Sep 202628.9%75
18 Sep 202630.6%80
11 Sep 202633.3%86
4 Sep 202634.7%90
28 Aug 202637.6%98
21 Aug 202640.8%106
14 Aug 202644.5%116
7 Aug 202643.5%113
31 Jul 202641.3%107

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