Danjiangkou Dam

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 dam, hydroelectric power station

The Danjiangkou Dam (Chinese: 丹江口大坝; pinyin: Dānjiāngkǒu Dàbà) is a concrete gravity dam on the Han river near Danjiangkou in Hubei Province, China. The original dam was constructed between 1958 and 1973. The dam creates a large Danjiangkou Reservoir.
The dam's power plant contains 6 x 150 MW turbine generators for an installed capacity of 900 MW.
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Coordinates:   32°33'21"N   111°29'19"E
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