The Jiangkou Reservoir (simplified Chinese: '江口水库; traditional Chinese: '江口水庫; pinyin: Jiāngkǒu Shuǐkù) is a large scale reservoir in Wulong County, Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China constructed for the primary purpose of generating hydroelectricity.
| Jiangkou Reservoir | |
|---|---|
  Jiangkou Reservoir | |
| Location | Wulong County, Chongqing Municipality |
| Coordinates | 29°14′12″N 107°53′32″E / 29.23667°N 107.89222°E |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Furong River |
| Primary outflows | Furong River |
| Basin countries | People's Republic of China |
| Built | May 1999 - October 2003 |
| Average depth | 300 m (980 ft) |
| Water volume | .497 km3 (0.119 cu mi)[citation needed] |
Built at a cost of 1.95 billion RMB, the reservoir's concrete hyperbolic arch dam in Jiankou Town (江口镇) 2 km (1.2 mi) from the confluence of the Wu and Furong Rivers houses a hydroelectric power plant with an installed capacity of 300 MW.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ (In Chinese) Jiangkou Hydroelectric Power Station Summary (江口水电站项目简介) Archived 2011-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Su Shi (苏石)，Yang Minggang (杨明刚)，Zhao Dan (赵丹); et al. (2004). "Temperature control design at the Jiangkou HEP Station (江口混凝土拱坝的温度控制设计)". Collected research papers from the 2004 hydraulic specialists conference (2004年水工专委会学术交流会议学术论文集.
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