Mingte Dam

Mingte Dam
Mingte Reservoir

Mingte Dam (Chinese: 明德水壩; pinyin: Míngdé Shuǐbà) is a rockfill dam across the Laotianliao River in central Touwu Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. The dam serves mainly for irrigation and municipal water supply for Miaoli City. It consists of a main embankment 35.5 metres (116 ft) high and 187 metres (614 ft) long, holding back a reservoir with a capacity of 17.1 million cubic metres (14,350 acre feet). The dam and reservoir control runoff from a catchment area of 61.08 square kilometres (23.58 sq mi). A spillway located to the north of the main dam consists of a six-bay gated overflow section, with a release capacity of 1,200 cubic metres per second (42,000 cu ft/s).[1]

History

The dam was built in 1966-1970.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reservoirs and Weirs in Taiwan (in Chinese). Taiwan Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Public Affairs. p. 325.
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Coordinates: 24°34′54″N 120°53′04″E / 24.58167°N 120.88444°E / 24.58167; 120.88444

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