Dossier #316 · GRanD 5410
Three Gorges Dam
🇨🇳China · Chang Jiang River · Chang Jiang Basin · near Yichang
Built 2003 · Dam · data quality: Verified
Hydroelectricity ★Flood controlNavigation
Reservoir outline · simplified
Specifications
- Height
- 175 m
- Crest length
- 2,309 m
- Reservoir capacity
- 39.3 km³
- Reservoir area
- 852.1 km²
- Average depth
- 46.1 m
- Catchment
- 976,987 km²
- Avg discharge
- 13,725,380 L/s
- Elevation
- 40 masl
- Degree of regulation
- 9.1 %
Notes
Built 2003
Provenance
Record 316 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 30.8207, 111.0043.