Gongboxia Dam Explained

Gongboxia Dam
Location Map:China
Coordinates:35.8775°N 102.2278°W
Country:China
Location:Longhua County, Qinghai Province
Construction Began:2000
Opening:2006
Dam Length:4290NaN0
Dam Height:1320NaN0
Dam Width Crest:100NaN0
Dam Crosses:Yellow River
Spillway Count:2
Spillway Type:Service, controlled chute
Res Name:Gongboxia Reservoir
Res Capacity Total:6300000000NaN0
Res Catchment:1436190NaN0
Plant Capacity:1,500 MW
Plant Annual Gen:5.14 billion kWh

The Gongboxia Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Yellow River in Longhua County, Qinghai Province, China. The dam supports a 1,500 MW hydroelectric power station.

Construction on the dam began in July 2000 by diverting the river and by August 15 the next year, the river was diverted and excavation began on the foundation. On August 1, 2002, workers began to create the embankment and by October the next year, the dam's body was almost complete. Concrete pouring on the face slab began in March 2004 and was complete by June. Filling of the reservoir began in August and in 2006 the project was complete.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wang Junli Wu Zengmou. ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS OF CONCRETE FACED ROCKFILL DAM OF GONGBOXIA HYDROPOWER PROJECT ON THE YELLOW RIVER. Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. 8 January 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315034751/http://www.chincold.org.cn/zt/learning/gongboxiaee.doc. 15 March 2012.