Yalong River

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- right Muli Length 1,637 km Source Bayan Har Mountains Mouth Yangtze		- location Panzhihua, Sichuan Basin area 128,444 km² Province Sichuan Country China

The Yalong River (Chinese: 雅砻江, Yǎlóngjiāng, Ya-lung Chiang) or Nyag Chu (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་, Nyag Qu) is an 822-mile (1,323 km) long river in Sichuan province in southwestern China. It is a tributary of the Yangtze River. Its source is on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau in southeast Qinghai, and its confluence with the Yangtze is in Panzhihua in southwestern Sichuan.

Map of Yalong River, China

Dams

The Yalong is being heavily developed, primarily for hydroelectric power. A total of 23 dams are completed, under construction or planned for the river. Those dams are listed below from downstream to upstream.

Tongzilin Dam – Under construction, 600 MW

Ertan Dam – Completed, 3,300 MW

Guandi Dam – Completed, 2,400 MW

Jinping 2 Dam – Completed, 4,400 MW

Jinping 1 Dam – Completed, 1,200 MW

Kala Dam – Programmed, 1,060 MW

Yangfanggou Dam – Programmed, 2,200 MW

Mengdigou Dam – Programmed, 1,700 MW

Lenggu Dam – Planned, 2,300 MW

Yagen Dam – Programmed, 1,500 MW

Lianghekou Dam – Under construction, 3,000 MW

Gongbagou Dam – Planned, 500 MW

Gongke Dam – Planned, 400 MW

Xinlong Dam – Planned, 500 MW

Yingda Dam – Planned, 500 MW

Tongha Dam – Planned, 200 MW

Geni Dam – Planned, 200 MW

Ada Dam – Planned, 250 MW

Reba Dam – Planned, 250 MW

Renqingling Dam – Planned, 300 MW

Wenbosi Dam – Planned, 150 MW

Danikanduo Dam – Planned, 7.2 MW

Yangri Dam – Planned, 1 MW

References

Yalong River Wikipedia

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Contents

Map of Yalong River, China

Dams

References