Baihetan Dam topographic map

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Baihetan Dam

The Baihetan Dam (simplified Chinese: 白鹤滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 白鶴灘大壩; pinyin: Báihètān Dàbà) is a large hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, an upper stretch of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, in southwest China. The dam is a 289-meter-tall double-curvature arch dam with a crest elevation of 827 m, and a width of 72 m at the base and 13 m at the crest. It is considered to be the last large hydropower project in China after a series of projects starting with the Three Gorges Dam. It is also the second largest hydropower plant in the world. The hydropower station is equipped with 16 hydro-generating units each having a capacity of 1 billion Watts, the world's largest turbines. All hydro-generating units of the Baihetan hydropower station became fully operational on 20 December 2022.

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Name: Baihetan Dam topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Baihetan Dam, Dazhai, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong City, Liangshan, Yunnan, China (27.22252 102.89890 27.22493 102.90594)

Average elevation: 1,061 m

Minimum elevation: 596 m

Maximum elevation: 1,677 m