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Encyclopedia > Hongshui River

The Hongshui River is a tributary of the Pearl River in Southern China. It has 10 large dams on it, that provide electric power and flood control.[1] The Pearl River (珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng) is Chinas third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Huang He), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze). ...


Several of the dams are equipped with ship lifts capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement. The government of China has built or is building several new ship lifts Ship lifts, also called boat lifts or lift locks, are an alternative to canal locks. ...

Dams on the Hongshui River
name cascade date started Megawatts height vessel capacity
Dahua dam - 1975 600 Mw 83.28m
Yantan dam 5th - 1210 Mw 110m 250 ton ship lift
Bailongtan dam - 192 Mw - 250 ton lock
Pingban dam 3rd
Xijing dam 1st 1958 - - 1000 ton lock
Longtan dam = 2009 4,900 Mw 192m 300 ton ship lift

The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Canal locks in England. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

  1. ^  Hydroelectric Projects, Guangxi Electric Power Industry Investigation Design and Research Institute

 

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