The Baiyun Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Wushui River in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County of Hunan Province, China. The dam serves to provide water for irrigation and to generate hydroelectric power. Construction on the dam started in 1992, the reservoir was impounded in 1998 and the project was complete in 1999. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 360,000,000 m3 (290,000 acre⋅ft) and the power station has an installed capacity of 54 MW.[1][2]

Baiyun Dam
Baiyun Dam is located in China
Baiyun Dam
Location of Baiyun Dam in China
CountryChina
LocationChengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan Province
Coordinates26°19′45.31″N 110°19′55.89″E / 26.3292528°N 110.3321917°E / 26.3292528; 110.3321917
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Construction began1992
Opening date1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, concrete-face rock-fill
ImpoundsWushui River
Height120 m (390 ft)
Length189.5 m (622 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity360,000,000 m3 (290,000 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area556 km2 (215 sq mi)
Surface area9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Normal elevation540 m (1,770 ft)
Installed capacity54 MW

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  1. ^ "Hydropower Construction Supervision clouds concrete face rockfill dam" (in Chinese). People of the Yangtze River. 1996. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ "AQUASTAT Dams in China" (Microsoft Excel). United Nations – Foreign Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 10 June 2014.