Sanmenxia Dam
The Sanmenxia Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the middle-reaches of the Yellow River near Sanmenxia Gorge on the border between Shanxi province and Henan Province, China.
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- …lies at an elevation of 301 metres (988 feet)
- Description: dam in China
- Also known as“San-men-hsia Shui-k’u”“Sanmenxia Shuiku”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baolun Temple Pagoda.
Baolun Temple Pagoda
Tower
Baolun Temple Pagoda is a tower, which is situated 2½ km south of Sanmenxia Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sanmenxia.
Sanmenxia Dam
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Latitude
34.81498° or 34° 48′ 54″ north
Longitude
111.14935° or 111° 8′ 58″ east
Open location code
8P6HR47X+XP
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Sanmenxia Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “三门峡水利枢纽”
- Chinese: “三门峡水利枢纽工程”
- Chinese: “三门峡水库”
- Dutch: “Sanmenxiadam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد سانمنشيا”
- French: “barrage de Sanmenxia”
- French: “Barrage de Sanmenxia”
- German: “Sanmenxia-Staudamm”
- German: “Sanmenxia-Talsperre”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Sanmenxia”
- Italian: “diga di Sanmenxia”
- Japanese: “三門峡ダム”
- Korean: “싼먼샤 댐”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sanmenxia-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Sanmenxia-demningen”
- Persian: “سد سانمنشیا”
- Polish: “Zapora Sanmenxia”
- Romanian: “Lacul Sanmenxia”
- Russian: “Саньмыньсяшуйку”
- Swedish: “Sanmenxiadammen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Sānménxiá”
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