Xiaolangdi Dam - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Xiaolangdi Dam is a dam in Jiyuan

Jiyuan

Jiyuan is a sub-prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan province of Central China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Jiaozuo and Luoyang to the east and southwest respectively, as well as the province of Shanxi to the north.-Administration:...

, Henan Province, China

China

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, and impounds the Yellow River

Yellow River

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. The facility has a total installed capacity of and generates up to 5.1 TWh

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annually with the help of six turbines

Water turbine

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. The dam stands 154 m (505 ft) tall and 1317 m (4,321 ft) wide, and cost US$

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3.5 billion to construct.

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