Yangqu Dam

The Yanqu Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Yellow River in , Qinghai Province, . Construction on the dam began in 2010 and its 1,200 MW hydroelectric power station became operational in 2016.
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Yangqu Dam

Latitude
35.71272° or 35° 42′ 46″ north
Longitude
100.26771° or 100° 16′ 4″ east
Open location code
8P72P779+33
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1037078734
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q18208457
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Yangqu Dam” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 羊曲大壩
  • Italian: diga di Yangqu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yangqu-demningen
  • Norwegian: Yangqu-demningen
  • Persian: سد یانگ قو
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Yángqū

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