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The tallest dam in China is the Jinping-I Dam at 305 m (1,001 ft), an arch dam, which is also the tallest dam in the world. The largest reservoir is created by the Three Gorges Dam, which stores 39.3 billion m 3 (31,900,000 acre feet) of water and has a surface area of 1,045 km 2 (403 sq mi). Three Gorges is also the world's largest power station.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. Dam in Yiling District, Hubei, China Dam in Yiling District, Hubei Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 The dam in September 2009 Location in Hubei Province Show map of Hubei Three Gorges Dam (China) Show map of China Country China Location Sandouping, Yiling District, Hubei Coordinates 30°49 ...
Currently, the country's and world's tallest, Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam 305 m (1,001 ft) high, is located in Sichuan. [2] The tallest embankment dam in China is the 261 m (856 ft) Nuozhadu Dam in Yunnan. The country's highest gravity dam is Longtan Dam at 216.2 m (709 ft), which can be found in Guangxi. [3]
The project has stoked concerns about displacement and environmental impact downstream in India and Bangladesh.
As of 2020, China had more than 150 dams with a generating capacity of at least 300 megawatts and total installed capacity of 369 gigawatts. [33]: 203 As of 2021, China operates four of the world's six largest dams. [33]: 201 These include the world's biggest (Three Gorges Dam, with 22.5 gigawatts capacity) and second biggest (Baihetan Dam).
The Aritash Water Conservancy Project [2] (Chinese: 阿尔塔什水利枢纽工程), [3] also called as Aritash Hydro-junction dam, [4] is the largest water conservancy project in Xinjiang. [5] The project is located in the upper reaches of the Yarkant River and deep in the Kunlun Mountains . [ 6 ]
The Zangmu Dam (藏木) is a gravity dam on the Yarlung Zangbo/Brahmaputra River 9 km (5.6 mi) northwest of Gyaca in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. This dam is built a few kilometers from the Bhutan-India border. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production using run-of-the-river technology. [7]