EMBORCAÇÃO
Minas Gerais · PARANAIBA
Capacity
17,725 hm³
Coordinates
-18.451°N, 47.982°W
Operator
ONS
56.6% full
Current fill
56.6%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 17,725 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 13,055.72 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | PARANAÍBA |
| Province | Minas Gerais |
| River basin | PARANAIBA |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -18.451, -47.982 · Open in Google Maps
About EMBORCAÇÃO
As of September 9, 2026, EMBORCAÇÃO is filled to 56.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 7,391 hm³ of water out of a maximum 17,725 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 13,056 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+-0.0 pts).
Across the readings we hold for EMBORCAÇÃO — 52 data points between September 26, 2025 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 39.9% (December 5, 2025) to a high of 62.3% (April 17, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the PARANAIBA basin at 18.451°S, 47.982°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 56.6%
- Water stored
- 7,391 hm³
- Total capacity
- 17,725 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 13,056 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- PARANAÍBA
- River basin
- PARANAIBA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 18.451°S, 47.982°W
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 56.6% | 7,391 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 56.7% | 7,397 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 57.4% | 7,495 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 58.1% | 7,585 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 58.6% | 7,652 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 59.4% | 7,755 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 59.9% | 7,819 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 60.4% | 7,882 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 60.8% | 7,939 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 61.2% | 7,990 |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 61.4% | 8,020 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 61.7% | 8,054 |