Dachaoshan Dam

The Dachaoshan Dam is a gravity dam on the Lancang River in Yunnan Province, . The sole purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production as it supplies water to a power station containing six 225 MW generators for a total installed capacity of 1,350 MW.
  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 858 metres (2,815 feet)
  • …dates from 1997

Dachaoshan Dam

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Latitude
24.02495° or 24° 1′ 30″ north
Longitude
100.36931° or 100° 22′ 10″ east
Open location code
7PP229F9+XP
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Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Dachaoshan Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Dachaoshan Dam”
  • Chinese: “大朝山大坝”
  • Chinese: “大朝山大壩”
  • Chinese: “大朝山水电站”
  • Chinese: “大朝山水電站”
  • French: “barrage de Dachaoshan”
  • French: “Barrage de Dachaoshan”
  • German: “Dachaoshan-Talsperre”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Dachaoshan”
  • Italian: “diga di Dachaoshan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dachaoshan-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dachaoshandemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Dachaoshan-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد داخاوشان”
  • Swedish: “Dachaoshan Dam”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Dachaoshan”
  • Ukrainian: “Дачаошань”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Đại Triều Sơn”

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