The Changheba Dam (simplified Chinese: 长河坝水电站; traditional Chinese: 長河壩水電站) is a concrete rock-filled embankment dam on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, before it was officially approved in December 2010 and impounded in 2016. Its power station was fully operational in December 2017.[1][2][3] In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.[4]

Changheba Dam
Changheba Dam is located in Sichuan
Changheba Dam
Location of Changheba Dam in Sichuan
CountryChina
LocationKangding, Sichuan
Coordinates30°24′13″N 102°07′07″E / 30.40361°N 102.11861°E / 30.40361; 102.11861
StatusOperational
Construction began2006
Opening date2017
Construction cost$3.46 billion USD
Owner(s)Sichuan Datang International Ganzi Hydropower Development Company
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, concrete face rock-fill
ImpoundsDadu River
Height240 m (787 ft)
Length1,697 m (5,568 ft)
Reservoir
CreatesChangheba Reservoir
Total capacity1,075,000,000 m3 (871,517 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date2016-2017
Turbines4 x 650 MW Francis turbines
Installed capacity2,600 MW

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  1. ^ "Changheba Hydropower Approved". Breakbulk. 2010-11-18. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ "China's largest Hydropower installed Capacity Dams". Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Changheba hydropower station all put into operation" (in Simplified Chinese). Power China. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ "WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; China: 4 Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project". New York Times through Reuters. July 24, 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2011.