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Manwan Dam

Yun County, China

The 516th largest power station in the world

1.67 GW · Capacity

The Manwan Dam (simplified, traditional, pinyin: Mànwān Dàbà) is a large hydroelectric dam in China. It is built on the Mekong (Lancang) River with a capacity of 1,570 MW.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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