Hongjiadu Dam | |
Location Map: | China |
Coordinates: | 26.8697°N 105.8589°W |
Country: | China |
Location: | Qianxi County, Guizhou Province |
Status: | In use |
Construction Began: | 2001 |
Opening: | 2005 |
Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete face rock-fill |
Dam Length: | 427.8m (1,403.5feet) |
Dam Height: | 179.5m (588.9feet) |
Dam Width Crest: | 10.95m (35.93feet) |
Dam Volume: | 9200000m2 |
Dam Crosses: | Liuchong River |
Res Name: | Hongjiadu Reservoir |
Res Capacity Total: | 4947000000m2 |
Res Catchment: | 9900km2 |
Res Surface: | 80.5km2 |
Plant Capacity: | 600 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 1.559 TWh |
The Hongjiadu Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Liuchong River in Qianxi County, Guizhou Province, China. The dam is 179.5m (588.9feet) tall and was built for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation and water supply. The dam supports a 600 MW and withholds a 4947000000m2 reservoir.[1]