Xiluodu Dam

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Xiluodu Dam is a major arch dam and one of China’s largest hydroelectric power stations, built on the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River to generate electricity and aid flood control.

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Xiluodu Hydropower Station (participation) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam
hydroelectric power station
annualGeneration approximately 55 terawatt-hours
basinCountry China
commissioningCompleted 2014
constructionMethod roller-compacted concrete
constructionStartDate 2005
country China
damCrestElevation approximately 610 metres above sea level
damHeight 285.5 metres
approximately 285 metres
damLength approximately 700 metres
damType concrete arch dam
downstreamFrom Wudongde Dam NERFINISHED
firstGeneratorCommissioningDate 2013
installedCapacity 13.86 gigawatts
13860 megawatts
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sichuan Province NERFINISHED
Yunnan Province NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry China
locatedInValley Jinsha River canyon NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Jinsha River NERFINISHED
upper Yangtze River
numberOfTurbines 18
operator China Three Gorges Corporation NERFINISHED
owner China Three Gorges Corporation NERFINISHED
partOf Yangtze River hydropower cascade NERFINISHED
primaryFunction power generation
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
navigation improvement
sediment control
rankByInstalledCapacity one of the largest hydroelectric power stations in China
one of the largest hydroelectric power stations in the world
reservoirName Xiluodu Reservoir NERFINISHED
reservoirTotalCapacity approximately 12.7 billion cubic metres
approximately 12.7 cubic kilometres
riverSystem Yangtze River system NERFINISHED
secondaryFunction flood control
sediment management
spillwayType bottom outlets
orifice spillway
surface spillway
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
unitCapacity 770 megawatts
upstreamFrom Xiangjiaba Dam NERFINISHED

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China Three Gorges Corporation notableProject Xiluodu Dam
this entity surface form: Xiluodu Hydropower Station (participation)