Danjiangkou Dam

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Danjiangkou Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on the Han River in Hubei, China, known for hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and serving as a key water source for the South–North Water Transfer Project.

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Surface form Occurrences
Danjiangkou hydropower station 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
cityServed Beijing NERFINISHED
Tianjin NERFINISHED
cities in Hebei Province
constructionBy People's Republic of China government NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1958
country China
crestElevation 176.6 m
elevationOfReservoirNormal 170 m
expandedFor South–North Water Transfer Project NERFINISHED
expansionCompletionDate 2010s
hasFunction regulating Han River flow
supplying water to northern China
hasReservoirAlternateName Danjiangkou Lake NERFINISHED
height 162 m
about 531 ft
installedCapacity 900 MW
length 3442 m
about 11,293 ft
locatedIn Danjiangkou, Hubei NERFINISHED
locatedInCountrySubdivision Henan Province NERFINISHED
Hubei Province NERFINISHED
locatedInDrainageBasin Han River basin NERFINISHED
locatedInProvince Hubei NERFINISHED
locatedNear border of Hubei and Henan
locatedOnRiver Han River NERFINISHED
openingDate 1973
operator China Yangtze Power NERFINISHED
owner China Yangtze Power NERFINISHED
partOf South–North Water Transfer Project NERFINISHED
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
navigation improvement
water supply
reservoirName Danjiangkou Reservoir NERFINISHED
reservoirSurfaceArea about 1022 km²
reservoirTotalCapacity about 29.05 billion m³
about 29.05 km³
riverBasin Yangtze River basin NERFINISHED
spillwayCount 2
spillwayType overflow spillway
status operational
turbineCount 9
turbineType Francis turbine
upstreamFrom Wuhan NERFINISHED
waterSourceFor Middle Route of South–North Water Transfer Project NERFINISHED

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Danjiangkou hasDam Danjiangkou Dam
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this entity surface form: Danjiangkou hydropower station