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Dossier #319 · GRanD 5087

Yamzho Yumco

🇨🇳China · Mequ River River · Brahmaputra Basin

Built 1996 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Reservoir capacity
42 MCM
Reservoir area
566.2 km²
Average depth
0.1 m
Catchment
9,939 km²
Avg discharge
101,611 L/s
Elevation
4,427 masl
Degree of regulation
1.3 %

Notes

This is a hydropower station that uses water from the natural lake (not sure if there is an actual dam); the capacity of 42 mcm seems to be the annual diversion from the lake

Built 1996

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Provenance

Record 319 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 29.0951, 90.3786.