Ertan Dam

The Ertan Dam is an arch dam on the , a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province, in southwest China. The dam has six hydroelectric generators, each with a generating capacity of 550 MW.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: arch dam on the Yalong River in Yanyuan, Liangshan, Sichuan, China
  • Also known as: “Ertan Reservoir”

Ertan Dam

Latitude
26.82065° or 26° 49′ 14″ north
Longitude
101.78198° or 101° 46′ 55″ east
Height
240 metres (787 feet)
Open location code
7PR3RQCJ+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 142631941
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q1362429
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Ertan Dam” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “二滩大坝”
  • Chinese: “二滩水库”
  • Chinese: “二滩水电站”
  • Chinese: “二滩电站”
  • Dutch: “Ertan Dam”
  • French: “barrage d’Ertan”
  • French: “Barrage d’Ertan”
  • German: “Ertan-Stausee”
  • German: “Ertan-Talsperre”
  • Italian: “diga di Ertan”
  • Italian: “Diga di Ertan”
  • Japanese: “二灘大壩ダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ertan-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ertandammen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ertandemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Ertandemningen”
  • Persian: “سد ارتان”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ертань”

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