Haba River Shankou Dam

For the dam in Japan, see Yamaguchi Dam.
Haba River Shankou Dam
Location of Haba River Shankou Dam in China
Official name 哈巴河山口水电站
Country China
Location Habahe County
Coordinates 48°11′00.87″N 86°25′34.88″E / 48.1835750°N 86.4263556°E / 48.1835750; 86.4263556Coordinates: 48°11′00.87″N 86°25′34.88″E / 48.1835750°N 86.4263556°E / 48.1835750; 86.4263556
Purpose Power, water supply, irrigation, flood control
Status Operational
Construction began 1992
Opening date 1996 (1996)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Impounds Haba River
Height 40.5 m (133 ft)
Length 550 m (1,800 ft)
Elevation at crest 627 m (2,057 ft)
Width (crest) 7 m (23 ft)
Spillway capacity 800 m3/s (28,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity 50,000,000 m3 (41,000 acre·ft)
Active capacity 33,000,000 m3 (27,000 acre·ft)
Power station
Commission date 1997
Turbines 4 x 6.3 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 25.2 MW
Annual generation 109 million kWh

The Haba River Shankou Dam (Template:Zg, Haba River Shankou Hydroelectric Station) is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Haba River, a tributary of the Irtysh River. It is located in Habahe County of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation, flood control and water supply for civil and irrigation use. It supports a 25.2 MW power station.

The dam is located about 15 km north (upstream) of the Habahe county seat.[1] It is the last, in the upstream-to-downstream order, of the Haba River cascade, which eventually will contain 4 dams.[1]

Construction on the 40.5 m (133 ft) tall dam began in October 1992 and its reservoir began to fill on 30 December 1996. On 13 January 1997 the power station was operational and the entire project to include the irrigation works was complete in September 1998.[1][2][3]

The dam's reservoir holds 50 million cubic meters of water.[1]

Trivia

The word Shankou, which means "mountain pass", when written in Chinese characters (山口), the same as the Japanese word with the reading "Yamaguchi". Japan has several Yamaguchi Dams of its own.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "山口水电站 (Shankou Hydroelectric Station" (in Chinese). Large Dam Safety Supervision Center. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  2. "2003 already built, under construction 30 meters above rockfill dam Statistics". Chinese National Committee on Dams. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  3. "Construction technology of reinforced concrete pressure pipe branch Shankou Station" (in Chinese). Power Safety. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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