Liyuan Dam
The Liyuan Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Jinsha River on the border of Yulong County and Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province, China. The dam has an associated hydroelectric power station with a 2,400 MW power station containing 4 x 600 MW generators.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam on the Jinsha River in Yunnan
- Also known as: “梨园大坝” and “梨園壩”
Liyuan Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.67698° or 27° 40′ 37″ north
Longitude
100.29196° or 100° 17′ 31″ east
Height
155 metres (509 feet)
Open location code
7PV2M7GR+QQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Liyuan Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梨园水电站”
- Chinese: “梨園水電站”
- French: “barrage de Liyuan”
- French: “Barrage de Liyuan”
- German: “Liyuan-Talsperre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Liyuan-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Liyuan-demningen”
- Persian: “سد لییوان”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ліюань”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Liyuan Hydro Power Station and 金沙江岩画-尼可见岩画.
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