Ahai Dam

Jinsha River Dams

Baoshan Village, Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River, China
Jinsha River (Upper Yangtze River) Hydropower Projects List Location: Southwest China (Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces) Last update: 15 November 2012 dams/proposed dams listed from downstream to upstream Baoshan Village, Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River, China Li Hong 1. Xiangjiaba Dam Location: Sichuan/Yunnan (elevation 380 meters)Size: 6.4 GW; dam height 161 metersStatus: CompletedFinanciers: Yangtze Power, China Development Bank (CDB), China Construction BankBuilder: Three Gorges Project Corporation (CTGPC)Environmental Impact: Downstream, the combination of dams, pollution, overfishing and rive

金沙江

Great Bend, Jinsha River, China
金沙江是长江从青海玉树至四川宜宾2300公里长的区段。河流在这里切割成一连串的大峡谷，这些峡谷是丰富多样的少数民族群体的故乡和一些中国最重要的生物多样性热点地区。金 沙江也处在一个世界最大的水电开发领域的核心。在这一领域计划中的水电发电量大约相当于三峡大坝本身10倍的发电量。在金沙江的下游和中游有12个水坝工程（见地图） 。此外，金沙江的主要支流也正在截流：计划在岷江有 6个水坝， 大渡河有17个，以及雅砻江有21个。

Last Descent of the Great Bend of the Yangtze - Part III

Raft Approaching the Ahai Dam Site
Tue, 05/13/2008 - 11:40am
(This is part 3 in a 3 part series. Read part I: Take Me to the River) Dust in the Wind: Ahai Dam Barrels Ahead Raft Approaching the Ahai Dam Site If the 160-meter-high Ahai Dam is completed, its designers will be able to proudly say that their concrete work erased a thousand years of lovingly crafted Great Bend terraces in just a few years of reservoir filling. The legacy they are focusing on is surely a more positive one: increased distribution of eletricity to a power-hungry China, and increased efficiency for the Three Gorges Dam. According to the engineers, the main purpose of t

Last Descent of the Great Bend of the Yangtze - Part II

Just Another Day on the Jinsha
Tue, 05/13/2008 - 11:35am
(This is part 2 in a 3 part series. Read part I: Take Me to the River) Meeting the Golden Sands Just Another Day on the Jinsha I awoke at 7am to the sound of tent poles being dismantled - a luxury after the previous day's pre-dawn start. If we were going to do the full 120 miles we needed to be ready to go by 10am. On a weekend backpacking trip that would be a piece of cake - but for 28 people to pack tents, cook and eat breakfast, and load the aforementioned two tons of gear back onto the boats in two groggy hours, it would be quite a challenge. The second day was similar to

Last Descent of the Great Bend of the Yangtze - Part I

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Tue, 05/13/2008 - 11:30am
Click image to enlarge In my short tenure at International Rivers, I've come to expect dams in every corner of every country around the globe. Still, I was shocked by the ubiquitous nature of these concrete beasts as we flew above China. On the three-hour flight south from Beijing to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, I counted over 70 dams. Unidentified Dam This was excellent preparation for our possible last descent of the Great Bend of the Yangtze River. If these small, insignificant streams were subject to that much engineering, certainly China's signature river,
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