Hongjiadu Dam
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 52 '27 " N , 105 ° 51' 17" E | ||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||
| Construction time: | until 2004 | ||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 179.5 m | ||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 1147.5 m | ||||||
| Building volume: | 9.2 million m³ | ||||||
| Crown length: | 428 m | ||||||
| Crown width: | 10.75 m | ||||||
| Slope slope on the air side : | 1: 1.4 | ||||||
| Slope slope on the water side : | 1: 1.4 | ||||||
| Power plant output: | 540 or 600 MW | ||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||
| Water surface | 80.5 km² | ||||||
| Storage space | 4900 million m³ | ||||||
| Catchment area | 9 900 km² | ||||||
The Hongjiadu Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in China . The dam stands on the Liuchong He , the northern source river of the Wu Jiang , which is a tributary of the Yangtze. The dam is 154 km from the provincial capital Guiyang in Guizhou .
The hydropower plant is one of a series of several (including the Goupitan Dam and the Wujiangdu Dam ) and has an installed capacity of 540 megawatts (according to other sources, 600 MW). The annual energy production amounts to 1.59 billion kilowatt hours. The hydropower plant went into operation on April 8, 2004.
The dammed reservoir has a total size of 4.92 billion cubic meters, of which 3.36 billion can be regulated. The barrier structure is designed as a CFR dam .
See also
- List of hydropower plants in China
- List of dams in China
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world