Baiyun Dam | |
Location Map: | China |
Coordinates: | 26.3293°N 110.3322°W |
Country: | China |
Location: | Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan Province |
Purpose: | Power |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1992 |
Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
Dam Crosses: | Wushui River |
Dam Length: | 189.5m (621.7feet) |
Dam Height: | 120m (390feet) |
Res Capacity Total: | 360000000m2 |
Res Catchment: | 556km2 |
Res Surface: | 9.6km2 |
Res Elevation: | 540m (1,770feet) |
Plant Capacity: | 54 MW |
The Baiyun Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Wushui River in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County of Hunan Province, China. The dam serves to provide water for irrigation and to generate hydroelectric power. Construction on the dam started in 1992, the reservoir was impounded in 1998 and the project was complete in 1999. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 360000000m2 and the power station has an installed capacity of 54 MW.[1] [2]