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Hongjiadu Dam

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Country
  
China

Opening date
  
2005

Construction began
  
2001

Status
  
In use

Impounds
  
Liuchong River

Impound
  
Liuchong River

Hongjiadu Dam

Location
  
Qianxi County, Guizhou Province

Type of dam
  
Embankment, concrete face rock-fill

Similar
  
Shuangjiangkou Dam, Laxiwa Dam, Longtan Dam

The Hongjiadu Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Liuchong River in Qianxi County, Guizhou Province, China. The dam is 179.5 metres (589 ft) tall and was built for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation and water supply. The dam supports a 600 MW and withholds a 4,947,000,000 cubic metres (4,010,598 acre·ft) reservoir.

References

Hongjiadu Dam Wikipedia