Velle
Ourense · Galicia · Miño - Sil
Capacity
17 hm³
Coordinates
42.358°N, 7.851°W
Operator
CHS
82.4% full
Current fill
82.4%vs 7 days ago
+11.8%gaining
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 17 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 15.3 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHS |
| Province | Ourense |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| River basin | Miño - Sil |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 42.358, -7.851 · Open in Google Maps
About Velle
As of September 7, 2026, Velle is filled to 82.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 14 hm³ of water out of a maximum 17 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 15 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 11.8 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Velle — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 58.8% (December 22, 2020) to a high of 94.1% (January 10, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by CHS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Miño - Sil basin at 42.358°N, 7.851°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 82.4%
- Water stored
- 14 hm³
- Total capacity
- 17 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 15 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 11.8 pts
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Miño - Sil
- Operator
- CHS
- Coordinates
- 42.358°N, 7.851°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 82.4% | 14 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 70.6% | 12 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 76.5% | 13 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 82.4% | 14 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 70.6% | 12 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 82.4% | 14 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 76.5% | 13 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 82.4% | 14 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 76.5% | 13 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 76.5% | 13 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 70.6% | 12 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 76.5% | 13 |