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Dongping Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Dongping Dam is an arch dam on the Zhongjian River, a right tributary of the Qing River, in Xuan'en County, Hubei Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 110 MW power station consisting of two 55 MW Francis turbine-generators. The 135-metre-tall (443 ft) arch dam withholds a reservoir of 336,000,000 m3 (272, 000 acre⋅ft). Construction began in 2000, the first generator was operational in 2005 and the project completed in 2006.

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