Jinping-I Dam

The Jinping-I Dam also known as the Jinping-I Hydropower Station or Jinping 1st Cascade, is a tall arch dam on the Jinping Bend of the Yalong River in Liangshan, Sichuan, China. Construction on the project began in 2005 and was completed in 2014. Its power station has a 3,600 MW capacity to produce between 16 and 18 TW·h annually. Supplying th…
The Jinping-I Dam also known as the Jinping-I Hydropower Station or Jinping 1st Cascade, is a tall arch dam on the Jinping Bend of the Yalong River in Liangshan, Sichuan, China. Construction on the project began in 2005 and was completed in 2014. Its power station has a 3,600 MW capacity to produce between 16 and 18 TW·h annually. Supplying the power station is a reservoir created by the 305-meter-tall arch dam, the tallest in the world. The project's objective is to supply energy for expanding industrialization and urbanization, improve flood protection, and prevent erosion.
  • Type of dam: Arch, double-curvature
  • Impounds: Yalong River
  • Height: 305 m (1,001 ft)
  • Length: 568.6 m (1,865 ft)
  • Spillway type: Crest, bottom outlets, flood tunnel
  • Spillway capacity: Crest: 2,993 m³/s (105,700 cu ft/s) · Bottom outlets: 5,465 m³/s (193,000 cu ft/s) · Tunnel: 3,651 m³/s (128,900 cu ft/s)
  • Creates: Jinping-I Reservoir

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