Changheba Dam
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The Changheba Dam is an under construction concrete face rock-fill embankment dam
on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China
. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, it was officially approved in December 2010 and its power station is expected to be operational by 2016. In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.
Embankment dam
An embankment dam is a massive artificial water barrier. It is typically created by the emplacement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil, sand, clay and/or rock. It has a semi-permanent waterproof natural covering for its surface, and a dense, waterproof...
on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China
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. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, it was officially approved in December 2010 and its power station is expected to be operational by 2016. In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.