Primary inflows Surface area 7,740 km (2,990 sq mi) Area 7,740 km² Lake type Reservoir | Primary outflows Furong River Average depth 300 m (980 ft) Mean depth 300 m Inflow source Furong River | |
Basin countries People's Republic of China Built May 1999 - October 2003 | ||
The Jiangkou Reservoir (simplified Chinese: '江口水库; traditional Chinese: '江口水庫; pinyin: Jiāngkǒu Shuǐkù) is a large scale reservoir in Wulong County, Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China constructed for the primary purpose of generating hydroelectricity.
Built at a cost of 1.95 billion RMB, the reservoir's concrete hyperbolic arch dam in Jiankou Town (江口镇) 2 km (1.2 mi) from the confluence of the Wu and Furong Rivers houses a hydroelectric power plant with an installed capacity of 300 MW.
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