Baiyun Dam

Baiyun Dam
Location of Baiyun Dam
Country China
Location Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan Province
Coordinates 26°19′45.31″N 110°19′55.89″E / 26.3292528°N 110.3321917°ECoordinates: 26°19′45.31″N 110°19′55.89″E / 26.3292528°N 110.3321917°E
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 1992
Opening date 1999
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Impounds Wushui River
Height 120 m (390 ft)
Length 189.5 m (622 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 360,000,000 m3 (290,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area 556 km2 (215 sq mi)
Surface area 9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Normal elevation 540 m (1,770 ft)
Power station
Installed 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 360,000,000 m3 (290,000 acre·ft) and the power station has an installed capacity of 54 MW.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Hydropower Construction Supervision clouds concrete face rockfill dam" (in Chinese). People of the Yangtze River. 1996. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. "AQUASTAT Dams in China" (Microsoft Excel). United Nations – Foreign Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 10 June 2014.