Brokopondo Reservoir

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Brokopondo Reservoir
Brokopondo Reservoir
Coordinates	4°48′N 55°4′W / 4.800°N 55.067°W / 4.800; -55.067
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Suriname River
Primary outflows	Suriname River
Catchment area	12,200 km2 (4,700 sq mi)
Basin countries	Suriname
Surface area	1,560 km2 (600 sq mi)
Water volume	20 billion cubic metres (16×10^6 acre⋅ft)

The Brokopondo Reservoir, officially named Professor Doctor Ingenieur W. J. van Blommestein Meer,^[1] and also called the Brokopondostuwmeer, is a large reservoir in Suriname. It is named after the Surakarta-born Dutch hydrological engineer Willem Johan van Blommestein [nl]. With a surface area of approximately 1,560 km² (600 sq mi), depending on the current water level, it is one of the largest reservoirs in the world, covering nearly one percent of the country.