Geheyan Dam

Geheyan Dam

The Geheyan Dam (Chinese: 隔河岩水电站) is a large dam on the Xiangjiang, a tributary of the Yangtze River, in Hubei Province, China.ref|threegorgesprobe

Design work on the dam began in 1987.ref|ChinaToday The dam is equipped with a ship lift capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement.ref|EngTalk

The dam played an important role in helping to ameliorate the impact of the 1998 Yangtze flooding.ref|Dams

References

# [http://www.nextcity.com/probeinternational/ThreeGorges/tgp/tgp19.html#moredams More Dams Planned for Yangtze Despite Problems]
# [http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e20035/p80.htm Qingjiang River Developer] , "China Today"
# [http://www.engineeringtalk.com/news/tfx/tfx101.html Twiflex puts the brakes on shiplifts] , "Engineeringtalk", June 2 2002
# [http://www.dams.org/docs/kbase/contrib/opt169.pdf A Review of the Role of Dams and Flood Management]


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