Gongboxia Dam

The Gongboxia Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Yellow River in , Qinghai Province, . The dam supports a 1,500 MW hydroelectric power station.
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: embankment dam
  • Also known as: Gongbaixia Dam

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gandu.

Town
is a town in , , , . In 2010, had a total population of 20,536: 10,040 males and 10,496 females: 6,629 aged under 14, 12,454 aged between 15 and 65 and 1,453 aged over 65. is situated 9 km east of Gongboxia Dam.

Gongboxia Dam

Latitude
35.87765° or 35° 52′ 40″ north
Longitude
102.22872° or 102° 13′ 43″ east
Open location code
8P74V6HH+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 320988882
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q1537139
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Gongboxia Dam” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: gōngbóxiá shuĭkù
  • Chinese: 公伯峡坝
  • Chinese: 公伯峽大壩
  • German: Gongbaixia-Talsperre
  • German: Gongboxia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gongbaixia-demningen
  • Norwegian: Gongboxia-demningen
  • Persian: سد گونگباکسیا
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Gōngbóxiá

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gongboxia Dianzhan and 赞布呼清真大寺.

Nearby Places

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