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| x Hoover Dam |
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Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. When completed in 1936, it was both the world's largest electric-power...
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| x Dartmouth Dam |
Dartmouth Dam is a large dam on the Mitta Mitta River in the north-eastern portion of the Australian state of Victoria. The dam creates the artificial Lake Dartmouth, storing water from the Victorian "High Country's" snow fields for summer release...
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| x Three Gorges Dam |
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The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 长江三峡大坝; traditional Chinese: 長江三峽大壩; pinyin: Chángjiāng Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric river dam that spans the Yangtze River in Sandouping, Yiling District,Yichang, Hubei, China. It is the world's largest...
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| x Itaipu |
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Itaipu (Guarani: Itaipu, Portuguese: Itaipu, Spanish: Itaipú; Portuguese pronunciation: [itaiˈpu], Spanish pronunciation: [itaiˈpu]) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
The name "Itaipu" was...
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| x W. A. C. Bennett Dam |
The W. A. C. Bennett Dam is a large hydroelectric earthfill dam on the Peace River in northern British Columbia, Canada. The dam, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Hudson's Hope, and 85 kilometres (53 mi) northwest of Chetwynd, is named after...
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| x Glen Canyon Dam |
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The Glen Canyon Dam is a dam on the Colorado River at Page, Arizona, USA. It provides water storage for the arid southwestern United States, to generate electricity for the region's growing population, and to provide water recreation opportunities....
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| x Grand Coulee Dam |
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Grand Coulee Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. In the United States, it is the largest electric power-producing facility and the largest concrete structure. It is the seventh largest producer...
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| x Vajont Dam |
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The Vajont Dam (or Vaiont Dam) is a disused dam, completed in 1959 in the valley of the Vajont river under Monte Toc, 100 km north of Venice, Italy. It was responsible for the deaths of approximately 2,000 people in a 1963 landslide.
One of the...
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| x Seven Oaks Dam |
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The Seven Oaks Dam is located on the Santa Ana River, 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Redlands, California. It was constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a flood control dam. It cost $250 million to construct and at the time of its...
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| x Mica Dam |
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Mica Dam is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River 135 kilometres north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Completed in 1973 under the terms of the 1964 Columbia River Treaty, the Mica powerhouse has a generating capacity of 1805...
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| x Revelstoke Dam |
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Revelstoke Dam, also known as Revelstoke Canyon Dam, is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River, 5 km north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. The powerhouse was completed in 1984 and has a generating capacity of 1980 MW. Four...
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| x Shasta Dam |
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Shasta Dam (National ID No. CA10186) is a concrete gravity arch dam across the Sacramento River in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest of Shasta County, California. The project was completed between 1938 and 1945, 5km north of the Redding, California...
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| x Koyna Dam |
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Koyna Dam is one of the largest dams in Maharashtra, India. It is located in Koyna Nagar, nestled in the Western Ghats on the state highway between Chiplun and Karad, Maharashtra.
The dam supplies water to western Maharashtra as well as cheap...
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| x Kurobe dam |
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The Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) or Kuroyon Dam (黒四ダム), Japan's largest dam, is on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It generates electricity for the Kansai Electric Power Company. It stands 186 metres (610 ft) high and holds 200...
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| x Grande Dixence Dam |
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The Grande Dixence dam, at the head of the Val d'Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland, is at 285 metres (935 ft) high one of the world's tallest dams and the highest in Europe. It holds back a lake, the Lac des Dix, around 4 km (2.5 mi)...
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| x Bakun Hydroelectric Project |
The Bakun Hydroelectric Project is located in Sarawak, Malaysia on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometers west of Belaga. As part of the project, the tallest concrete-faced rockfill dam in the world...
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| x Vidraru Dam |
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Vidraru Dam is a dam in Romania. It was built in 1965 on the Argeş River.
It is an arch dam built on a foundation of rock, and it was built to produce hydroelectricity. Its construction has also created a reservoir, Lake Vidraru. Dam height is 166...
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| x Guri Dam |
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The Guri Dam is one of the largest in the world. It is located in Bolívar State, Venezuela in the Caroni River. Its official name is Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar (previously named Central Hidroeléctrica Raúl Leoni from 1978 to 2000). It is...
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| x Oroville Dam |
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Oroville Dam is on the Feather River above the city of Oroville in Butte County, California, United States. It creates Lake Oroville, generates electricity, and provides drinking and irrigation water for Central and Southern California. The dam,...
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| x Tehri dam |
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Tehri Dam is the primary dam of the Tehri Development Project, a major hydroelectric project centered near Tehri Town in the state of Uttaranchal state in India. Located on the Bhagirathi River, the principal tributary of the sacred River Ganges,...
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| x Dez Dam |
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The Dez Dam (Persian: سد دز) is a large hydroelectric dam built in Iran in 1963 by an Italian consortium.
The dam is on the Dez River in the Northwestern province of Khuzestan, the closest city being Andimeshk. It is 203 metres high, making it one...
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| x Inguri Dam |
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The Inguri Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Inguri River in Georgia. Currently it is the world's highest concrete arch dam with a height of 272 metres (890 ft). It is located north of the town Jvari. It is part of the Inguri hydroelectric power...
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| x New Melones Dam |
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New Melones Dam is an earth and rock filled dam across the Stanislaus River creating New Melones Lake. Situated between Calaveras- and Tuolumne County, California in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Jamestown, the dam was completed in 1979 replacing...
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| x New Bullards Bar Dam |
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New Bullards Bar Dam is a dam in California on the Yuba River and forms the New Bullards Bar Reservoir, which has a capacity of 996,103 acre feet (1.23 km³). It is located near the town of Dobbins in Yuba County. The dam is operated by the Yuba...
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| x Atatürk Dam |
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The Atatürk Dam (Turkish: Atatürk Barajı), originally the Karababa Dam, is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the Euphrates River on the border of Adıyaman Province and Şanlıurfa Province in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Built...
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| x Bhakra Dam |
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Bhakra Nangal Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River, near the border between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India. This dam is situated in the village "Bhakra" and is Asia's biggest dam. It is 225.55 m (740 ft) high above...
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| x Rogun Dam |
Rogun Dam is an unfinished dam across the Vakhsh River in southern Tajikistan. Construction began in 1976, however the project was frozen. In February 2007, Russia announced a partnership with Tajikistan to complete the dam.
It is listed as the...
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| x Karun-3 dam |
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The Karun-3 dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Karun river in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. It was built to help meet Iran's energy demands as well as to provide flood control. The Karun has the highest discharge of Iran's rivers. The objectives...
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| x Katse Dam |
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The Katse Dam, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project--Africa's second largest dam (The Tekeze dam, completed in early 2009, is now Africa's largest double curvature dam), eventually to include 5 large dams in remote rural areas--is a concrete...
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| x Fontana Dam |
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Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain County and Graham County, North Carolina, USA. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to accommodate the skyrocketing...
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| x Nurek Dam |
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The Nurek Dam (Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи обии Норак, Nerūgohi obii Norak, Tajiki for Nurek Hydro-electric Station) is a large earth fill dam located at 38.3715 N, 69.3492 E on the Vakhsh River in the central Asian nation of Tajikistan. At 300 m (984 ft) it is...
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| x Dworshak Dam |
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Dworshak Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States on the North Fork Clearwater River. The dam is located 4 miles (6 km) northwest of the city of Orofino, and 47 miles (76 km) east of Lewiston....
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| x Karakaya Dam |
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Karakaya Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, built on the Euphrates river and completed in 1987. The hydroelectric power plant has a total installed power capacity of 6x300=1800 MW.
Because the Euphrates River...
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| x Keban Dam |
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The Keban Dam, located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey, was the first of the large-scale dams to be built on the Euphrates River. It was built and is being operated by the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ).
Completed in 1975, it resulted in the flooding...
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| x Idukki Dam |
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The Idukki Dam is currently the largest Arch Dam in Asia, at 555 feet in height. The dam stands between the two mountains - Kuravanmala (839meters) and Kurathimala (925 meters ).It was constructed and owned by the Kerala State Electricity Board
It...
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| x Longtan dam |
The Longtan Dam (simplified Chinese: 龙滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 龍灘大壩; pinyin: Lóngtān Dàbà) is a large dam on the Hongshui River, China, a tributary of the Pearl River.
The dam, at 216.2 meters when completed, is said to be the tallest concrete dam...
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| x Verzasca Dam |
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The Contra dam (or Verzasca dam) is a 220-metre high arch hydroelectric dam in the Val Verzasca, Switzerland. It was constructed between 1960 and 1965.
The dam forms Lago di Vogorno, an artificial reservoir. It was designed by Lombardi Engineering....
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| x Robert-Bourassa generating station |
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Robert-Bourassa is a hydroelectric generating station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project in Canada. The station can generate 5,616 MW and was commissioned in 1979-1981. Together with the adjacent La Grande-2-A...
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| x El Cajón Dam |
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The El Cajón Dam (in Spanish, Dique El Cajón) is a dam in the center-west of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, near Capilla del Monte, at 30°51′S 64°33′W / 30.85°S 64.55°W / -30.85; -64.55. It is built on the course of the Dolores River, at...
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| x San Roque Dam |
The San Roque Dam, operated under San Roque Multipurpose Project (SRMP) is a massive gated spillway of 200 meters height, 1.2 kilometer length embankment dam on the Agno River spanning the municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas, Pangasinan,...
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| x Yarrow Reservoir |
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Yarrow Reservoir - named after its tributary, the River Yarrow - is the newest reservoir in the whole Rivington chain in Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second only to Anglezarke Reservoir.
In 2002, several tons of fish were...
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| x Mratinje Dam |
The Mratinje Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the canyon of the Piva River in Montenegro.
The dam was completed in 1975. Its construction resulted in the flooding of the Piva canyon and the creation of Lake Piva, which, with its 12.5 km², is...
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| x Piedra del Águila Dam |
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The Piedra del Águila Dam (in Spanish, Embalse Piedra del Águila) is the second of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the Comahue region), approximately at 40°11′S 69°59′W / 40.183°S 69.983°W / -40.183; -69.983, and...
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| x Campos Novos Dam |
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The Campos Novos Dam is in Santa Catarina province in southern Brazil (Latitude S27o36', Longitude W51o19'). In 2006, at 200m dam height, it was regarded as the third highest dam of this type (concrete-faced rockfill dam or CFRD) in the world, but,...
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| x Jinping 1 Hydropower Station |
Jinping 1 Hydropower Station (Jinping 1st cascade or Jinping No.1 hydraulic power station) is a large hydroelectic power generation project on the Yalong River (Yalong Jjiang) in Sichuan, China. It is currently under construction.
The project's...
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| x Sultan Mahmud Power Station |
Sultan Mahmud Power Station or Kenyir Dam is the hydroelectric dam which forms Kenyir Lake, Terengganu, Malaysia. It is located 50 km southwest of Kuala Terengganu on the Kenyir River. The project is a multipurpose hydroelectric power and flood...
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| x Srisailam Dam |
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Srisailam Dam is a dam constructed across the Krishna River at Srisailam in the Kurnool district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India and is one of the 12 largest hydroelectric projects in the country.
The dam was constructed in a deep gorge in...
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| x Oymapinar Dam |
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Oymapinar Dam is an arch dam built on the Manavgat river in Turkey in 1984. It is an arch dam in design, 185 m in height, built to generate hydroelectric power.
Oymapınar Dam is located 12 km north of Manavgat Waterfall. It is an artificial,...
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| x Hasan Uğurlu Dam |
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The Hasan Uğurlu Dam is a rock-fill dam for hydro power purposes, located on the River Yeşilırmak 23 km south of Çarşamba town and 25 km east of Samsun in northern Turkey. Originally, it was named the Ayvacık Dam. Completed in 1979, it generates...
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| x Berke Dam |
Berke Dam is built on the Ceyhan river in southern Turkey. There is a hydroelectric power plant, established in 2001 at the dam, with a power output of 510 MW (four facilities at 128 MW each).
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| x Thomson River Dam |
The Thomson Dam is located about 130 km east of Melbourne in Gippsland near the former township of Beardmore and the Baw Baw National Park.
Despite opposition from conservationists and farmers, plans for the dam were originally approved in late...
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| x Hungry Horse Dam |
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The Hungry Horse Dam is located in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana. It dams the south fork of the Flathead River forming the Hungry Horse reservoir. The damsite is in the Flathead National Forest in Flathead County, 15 miles south of the...
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| x Ross River Dam |
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The Ross River Dam is located at the end of Riverway Drive in the city of Townsville, Australia, and is the is the major water supply for the region. It was constructed by Leighton Holdings in 1971 for the purposes of flood mitigation and water...
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| x Yellowtail Dam |
Yellowtail Dam in Southern Montana, USA is one of two dams on the Big Horn River. It was completed in 1965. The dam creates the Big Horn Reservoir which is mostly in Wyoming. The dam has been a source of controversy between Wyoming and Montana...
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| x Talbingo Dam |
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Talbingo Dam is the largest dam in the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, Talbingo Dam is located on the Tumut River in southern New South Wales. Its power station is the largest in the project as well. It is a 162 metre (530 feet) high rockfill...
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| x Xiluodu Dam |
The Xiluodu Dam (simplified Chinese: 溪洛渡大坝; traditional Chinese: 溪洛渡大壩; pinyin: Xīluòdù Dàbà) is a hydroelectric dam project on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in China.
In early 2005, the government announced that construction...
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| x Xiaolangdi |
The Xiaolangdi Dam (Chinese: 小浪底; Pinyin: Xiǎolàngdǐ) is a dam in Jiyuan, Henan, China. It stands on the Yellow River and produces up to 5.1 billion kWh a year. With a dam standing 154 meters high and 1,317 meters wide, this project cost 3.5 billion...
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| x Xiangjiaba Dam |
Xiangjiaba (simplified Chinese: 向家坝; traditional Chinese: 向家壩; pinyin: Xiàngjiābà) is a large dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province, southwest China.
It has 8 generators, each of which has...
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| x Laxiwa Dam |
Laxiwa Dam (simplified Chinese: 拉西瓦大坝; traditional Chinese: 拉西瓦大壩; pinyin: Lāxīwǎ Dàbà) is a large dam on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, northwest China.
It has 6 hydroelectric generators, each with a generating capacity of 700 MW. The total...
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| x Xiaowan Dam |
Xiaowan Dam (simplified Chinese: 小湾坝; traditional Chinese: 小灣壩; pinyin: Xiǎowān Bà) is a large hydroelectric arch dam on the Lancang (Mekong) River in Yunnan Province, southwest China. It is currently under construction. When complete, it will be...
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