List of dams in China
River basins in China |
The dams are arranged according to rivers in order to identify cascades. Dams, cascades and the number of dams per cascade are not complete. The river names are not always unique.
Amur catchment area
Songhua Jiang
The Songhua Jiang is a right tributary of the Amur (mouth 47 ° 42 ′ 34 ″ N , 132 ° 30 ′ 44 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Baishan Dam | 1984 | 1800 | Jilin | |
Hongshi Dam | Jilin | |||
Fengman dam | 1953 | 550 | Jilin |
Mudan Jiang
The Mudan Jiang is a right tributary of the Songhua Jiang (mouth 46 ° 19 ′ 26 ″ N , 129 ° 32 ′ 11 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Lianhua Dam | 1992 | 550 | Heilongjiang |
Yalu
The Yalu is a border river with North Korea and flows into the Yellow Sea (mouth 39 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ N , 124 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Supung dam | 1941 | 600 | Liaoning |
Tarim
The Karakax He ( Karakash River ) belongs to the Tarim catchment area .
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Wuluwati dam | 2001 | 60 | Xinjiang |
Yellow River
The Yellow River (Huang He) flows into the Yellow Sea ( 37 ° 44 ′ 41 ″ N , 119 ° 8 ′ 24 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Longyangxia Dam | 1989 | 1280 | Qinghai | |
Laxiwa dam | 2010 | 4200 | Qinghai | |
Lijiaxia Dam | 2000 | 2000 | Qinghai | |
Gongbaixia Dam (Gongboxia) | 2006 | 1500 | | 35 ° 52 '39 " N , 102 ° 13' 48" E | Qinghai |
Liujiaxia Dam | 1974 | 1225 | Gansu | |
Yanguoxia Dam | 352 | Gansu | ||
Bapanxia dam | Gansu | |||
Daxia dam | 1998 | 324 | Gansu | |
Qingtongxia Dam | 272 | Ningxia | ||
Wanjiazhai Dam | 1080 | Inner Mongolia / Shanxi | ||
Sanmenxia Dam | 1960 | 250 | Shanxi / Henan | |
Xiaolangdi Dam | 2005 | 1800 | Henan |
Huai He
The Huai He flows into Lake Hongze (mouth 33 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ N , 118 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E ). The Huai He was dammed into a large lake by the Fushan Dam , which broke in 516 .
- Anfengtang (Quebei Irrigation Project)
Quiet
The Ru He is a left tributary of the Huai He (mouth 32 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ N , 115 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Banqiao Dam | 1950s | Henan |
Yangtze River catchment area
Gouhou dam breach
Yangtze River
The Yangtze River flows into the East China Sea ( 31 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ N , 122 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E ).
In the upper reaches it is called Jinsha Jiang
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Shilongba hydropower plant | 1909 | 24 ° 51 '24.8 " N , 102 ° 31' 31.6" E | Yunnan | |
Xiluodu Dam | 2015 | 12600 | 28 ° 13 '2.4 " N , 103 ° 33' 46.5" E | Sichuan / Yunnan |
Xiangjiaba Dam | 2015 | 6000 | 28 ° 38 '27 .9 " N , 104 ° 27' 37.4" E | Sichuan |
Jinanqiao Dam | 2011 | 2400 | 26 ° 48 ′ 32 " N , 100 ° 26 ′ 45" E | Yunnan |
Baihetan Dam | 2015 | 13,050 | 28 ° 15 ′ 36 " N , 103 ° 38 ′ 55" E | Sichuan / Yunnan |
Name change in Yangtze River | ||||
Three Gorges Dam | 2012 | 22,500 | Hubei | |
Gezhouba Dam | 1988 | 2715 | Hubei | |
Ahai dam | 1909 | 2000 | 27 ° 21 '2 " N , 100 ° 30' 23" E | Yunnan |
Wudongde Dam | 2015 | 8700 | 26 ° 20 ′ 2 " N , 102 ° 37 ′ 48" E | Sichuan / Yunnan |
Yalong Jiang
The Yalong Jiang is a left tributary of the Jinsha Jiang (mouth 26 ° 36 ′ 20 ″ N , 101 ° 48 ′ 8 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Jinping I | 2014 | 3600 | Sichuan | |
Ertan dam | 1999 | 3300 | Sichuan | |
Lianghekou Dam | 2015 | 3000 | Sichuan |
Dadu He
The Dadu is a right tributary of the Min ( 29 ° 32 ′ 58 ″ N , 103 ° 46 ′ 1 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Pubugou dam | 3300 | Sichuan |
Min Jiang
The Min is a left tributary of the Jinsha Jiang (mouth 28 ° 46 ′ 14 ″ N , 104 ° 37 ′ 56 ″ E ). The Jinsha Jiang is called the Yangtze from here on.
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Zipingpu Dam | 2006 | 760 | Sichuan |
Wu Jiang
The Wu is a right tributary of the Yangtze River (mouth 29 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ N , 107 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E )
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Hongjiadu Dam | 2004 | 540 | 26 ° 52 '8 " N , 105 ° 51' 44" E | Guizhou |
Dongfeng Dam | 1995 | 510 | 26 ° 51 '20.5 " N , 106 ° 9' 18.9" E | Guizhou |
Wujiangdu Dam | 1983 | 1130 | 27 ° 19 ′ 10 " N , 106 ° 45 ′ 35" E | Guizhou |
Shatuo Dam | 2009 | 1120 | Guizhou | |
Goupitan dam | 2010 | 3000 | 27 ° 22 ′ 31 " N , 107 ° 37 ′ 59.3" E | Guizhou |
Pengshui Dam | 2008 | 1750 | 29 ° 12 '2 " N , 108 ° 11' 50" E | Chongqing |
Qing Jiang
The Qing Jiang is a right tributary of the Yangtze River (mouth 30 ° 24 ′ 12 ″ N , 111 ° 27 ′ 3 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Shuibuya Dam | 2008 | 1600 | Hubei | |
Geheyan Dam | 1996 | 1200 | Hubei | |
Gaobazhou Dam | 2001 | Hubei | ||
Dalongtan Dam | 2005 | 30th | Hubei |
Dongting Lake
Yuan Shui
The Yuan Shui flows into Dongting Lake ( 28 ° 54 ′ 5 ″ N , 112 ° 8 ′ 59 ″ E )
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Sanbanxi dam | 2008 | 1000 | 26 ° 36 '21 " N , 109 ° 2' 54" E | Guizhou |
Wuqiangxi Dam | 1996 | 1200 | 28 ° 46 '33 " N , 110 ° 55' 25" E | Hunan |
Zi Shui
The Zi flows into the Donting Lake (mouth 28 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N , 112 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Zhexi dam | 950 | Hunan |
Han Shui
The Han Shui (Han Jiang) is a left tributary of the Yangtze River, into which it flows near Wuhan .
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Danjiangkou Dam | 1973/2009 | 900 | Hubei |
Li Shui
The Li Shui is a right tributary of the Yangtze River.
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Jiangpinghe Dam | under construction | 500 | 29 ° 44 ′ 41 ″ N , 110 ° 22 ′ 4 ″ E | Hubei |
Pearl River catchment area
Hong Shui
The Hongshui He is a section of the west river .
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Longtan dam | 2009 | 5400 | Guangxi | |
Yantan Dam | 1995 | 1210 | Guangxi | |
Dahua dam | 1985 | 600 | Guangxi | |
Tianshengqiao Dam | 1999 | 1200/2520 | Guangxi | |
Guangzhao Dam | 2008 | 1040 | Guizhou |
Xinfeng Jiang
The Xinfeng Jiang flow at 23 ° 44 '23 " N , 114 ° 42' 12" O in the East River , into the Pearl River opens.
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Xinfeng Reservoir | 1960 | 442 | Guangdong |
Mekong
The Mekong flows into the South China Sea ( 10 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ N , 107 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E ).
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Gongguoqiao Dam | 2008 | 750 | Yunnan | |
Xiaowan Dam | 2013 | 4200 | Yunnan | |
Manwan Dam | 1996 | 1500 | Yunnan | |
Dachaoshan Dam | 2003 | 1350 | Yunnan | |
Nuozhadu Dam | 2014 | 5850 | Yunnan | |
Jinghong Dam | 2010 | 1750 | Yunnan | |
Ganlanba dam | n / A | 150 | Yunnan | |
Mengsong Dam | n / A | 600 | Yunnan |
Brahmaputra
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Manla Dam | 1999 | 20th | 28 ° 50 ′ 48 " N , 89 ° 49 ′ 59" E | Tibet |
In Hong Kong
Elsewhere
These dams cannot yet be assigned.
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Yixing Dam | 2007 | 1000 | ||
Xinanjiang Reservoir | 1959 | |||
Mulanbei Reservoir | 1083 | |||
Shilongba hydropower plant | 1909 | 24 ° 51 '24.8 " N , 102 ° 31' 31.6" E | Yunnan | |
Guangdong Pumped Storage Power Plant | 1993 | 2400 | Guangdong |
Dams | finished | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Plant | 2007 | 2400 | Guangdong |
- Bashan Dam ( Renhe )
- Longtan dam
- Malutang dam
- Tankeng dam
- Longkaikou Dam
- Liyuan Dam
- Ludila dam
- Dongfeng Dam
- Dongjiang Li Shui (Yangtze River)
- Houziyan Dadu He
- Jilintai dam Kashgar
Web links
- Chinese National Committee On Large Dams: Large Dams in China.
- Chinagate: China's Hydropower Stations and Plants.
- Ma Jun: Will China's Rivers Survive the Next 20 Years? in: World Rivers Review August 2005. (1.12 MB) , pages 12 and 13
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Ma Jun: Will China's Rivers Survive the Next 20 Years? in World Rivers Review August 2005 ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (1.12 MB) Pages 12 and 13
- ^ University Library at University of Illinois: Chinese Rivers: Descriptive Notes (GB) ( Memento of March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ GXED: Hydropower Projects ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Guangxi
- ↑ In the Chinese province of Yunnan , a cascade of eight dams is planned over a distance of 800 km. Source: Probe International June 30, 2006 The Hydrolancang cascade ( Memento of February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )