Dam
Three Gorges Dam
The largest power station in the world by installed capacity, and one of the largest engineering interventions ever made in a major river.
Key facts
- Height
- 181 m
- Installed capacity
- 22,500 MW
- Completed
- 2012
- Reservoir capacity
- approximately 39.3 billion m³
Relationships
- Located in: China
Related intelligence
Sources
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted
- OpenStreetMap Foundation — OpenStreetMap. Open — attribution required · Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0