List of dams and reservoirs in China

Dams and reservoirs in China are numerous and have had a profound effect on the country's development and people. According to the World Commission on Dams in 2000, there were 22,104 dams over the height of operating in China. Of the world's total large dams, China accounts for the most – of them; of which are used for irrigation. Accordingly, the oldest in China still in use belongs to the Dujiangyan Irrigation System which dates back to 256 BC. In 2005, there were over 80,000 reservoirs in the country and over 4,800 dams completed or under construction that stands at or exceed in height. As of 2007, China is also the world's leader in the construction of large dams; followed by Turkey, and Japan in third. The tallest dam in China is the Jinping-I Dam at , an arch dam, which is also the tallest dam in the world. The largest reservoir is created by the Three Gorges Dam, which stores 39.3 billion m3 (31,900,000 acre feet) of water and has a surface area of . Three Gorges is also the world's largest power station.

Dams and their associated reservoirs are constructed by the country for several reasons including hydroelectric power generation, flood control, irrigation, drought mitigation, navigation and tourism. China has the largest potential for hydropower in the world and currently ranks first in hydroelectric generating capacity with about 200,000 MW online. These benefits have come with adverse effects such as resettlement and inundation while impeding river flow often leads to habitat loss and on certain rivers there are issues with trans-boundary river flow.

The nation's leading institution for dam design is the Beijing-based China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR),About IWHR: Introduction somewhat similar to Russia's Hydroproject Institute.

Below is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in China that are both operational and under construction. The most notable by height, type, and reservoir size, are among those listed. The minimum height for a dam to be included on the list is .

List

Name Region, province or city Impounds Height Type Storage capacity Complete NotesAhai Dam Yunnan Province Jinsha River Gravity 2012 Ankang Dam Shaanxi Province Han River Gravity 1989 Baihetan Dam Sichuan/Yunnan Provinces Jinsha River Arch 2021 Baise Dam Guangxi You River Gravity 2006 Lower Baoquan Dam Henan Province Yuhe River Gravity 1994 Upper Baoquan Dam Henan Province Upper Baoquan Reservoir Concrete-face rock-fill 2011 Baogang Tailings Dam Inner Mongolia N/A Embankment, tailings 1965 Baozhusi Dam Sichuan Province Bailong River Gravity 2000 Bashan Dam Chongqing Renhe River Concrete-face rock-fill 2009 Baishan Dam Jilin Province Second Songhua River Arch-gravity 1984 Baiyun Dam Hunan Province Wushui River Concrete-face rock-fill 2006 Banqiao Dam Henan Province Ru River Embankment 1952/93 Bikou Dam Gansu Province Bailong River Embankment 1977 Burqin Shankou Dam Xinjiang Burqin River Arch 2013Changheba Dam Sichuan Province Dadu River Concrete-face rock-fill 2016 Changshou Dam Chongqing Yangtze River Embankment 1954 Chengbihe Dam Guangxi Chengbihe River Embankment 1961 Chonghu'er Dam Xinjiang Burqin River Gravity 2009 Dachaoshan Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Gravity 2003 Dagangshan Dam Sichuan Province Dadu River Arch 2014 Daguangba Dam Hainan Province Changhua River Gravity/Embankment 1995 Dahuaqiao Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Gravity 2018 (?) Dahuashui Dam Guizhou Province Qingshuihe River Arch 2008 Danjiangkou Dam Hubei Province Han River Gravity 1973 Dongfeng Dam Guizhou Province Wu River Arch 1995 Dongjing Dam Guizhou Province Beipan River Concrete-face rock-fill 2009 Dongjiang Dam Hunan Province Lishui River Arch 1992 Dongping Dam Hubei Province Zhong River Arch 2006 Ertan Dam Sichuan Province Yalong River Arch 1999 Fengman Dam Jilin Province Second Songhua River Gravity 1953 Fengshuba Dam Guangdong Province Dong River Gravity 1974 Fengtan Dam Hunan Province You River Arch-gravity 1978 Geheyan Dam Hubei Province Qing River Arch-gravity 2006 Gelantan Dam Yunnan Province Lixian River Gravity 2008 Gezhen Dam Hainan Province Changhua River Gravity/Embankment 2009 Gezhouba Dam Hubei Province Yangtze River Gravity 1988 Gongboxia Dam Qinghai Province Yellow River Concrete-face rock-fill 2006 Gongguoqiao Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Gravity 2011 Goupitan Dam Guizhou Province Wu River Arch 2009 Guandi Dam Sichuan Province Yalong River Gravity 2012 Guangzhao Dam Yunnan Province Beipan River Gravity 2004 Guanyinyan Dam Yunnan/Sichuan Province Jinsha River Gravity 2014 Gudongkou Dam Hubei Province Xiangqi River Concrete-face rock-fill 1999 Guxian Dam Henan Province Luohe River Gravity 1995 Huating Dam Anhui Province Changhe River Embankment 1976 Hongjiadu Dam Guizhou Province Liuchong River Concrete-face rock-fill 2005 Hongkou Dam Fujian Province Huotong River Gravity 2008 Hongshi Dam Jilin Province Second Songhua River Gravity 1985 Houziyan Dam Guizhou Province Dadu River Embankment 2017 (?) Huangdeng Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Gravity 2018 (?) Huanglongtan Dam Hubei Province Duhe River Gravity 1976 Hunanzhen Dam Zhejiang Province Qiantang River Buttress 1980 Jiemian Dam Fujian Province Junxi River Concrete-face rock-fill 2007 Jiangkou Dam Chongqing Furong River Arch 2003 Jiangpinghe Dam Hubei Province Loushui River Concrete-face rock-fill 2012 Jiangya Dam Hunan Province Loushui River Gravity 2000 Jilebulake Dam Xinjiang Haba River Concrete-face rock-fill 2013 Jilintai I Dam Xinjiang Kashgar River Concrete-face rock-fill 2005 Jinanqiao Dam Yunnan Province Jinsha River Gravity 2010 Jinghong Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Gravity 2008 Jinpen Dam Shaanxi Province Heihe River Embankment 2002 Jinping-I Dam Sichuan Province Yalong River Arch 2013 Jinping-II Dam Sichuan Province Yalong River Gravity 2012 Jinshuitan Dam Zhejiang Province Longquan Creek Arch 1988 Jishixia Dam Qinghai Province Yellow River Gravity 2010 Jiudianxia Dam Gansu Province Tao River Concrete-face rock-fill 2008 Jufudu Dam Yunnan Province Lixian River Gravity 2008 Kajiwa Dam Sichuan Province Muli River Concrete-face rock-fill 2014 Laxiwa Dam Qinghai Province Yellow River Arch 2009 Lianghekou Dam Sichuan Province Yalong River Arch 2021 Lianhua Dam Heilongjiang Province Mudan River Concrete-face rock-fill 1996 Lijiaxia Dam Qinghai Province Yellow River Arch-gravity 1997 Liujiaxia Dam Gansu Province Yellow River Gravity 1969 Liuxihe Dam Guangdong Province Liuxihe River Arch 1958 Liyuan Dam Yunnan Province Jinsha River Concrete-face rock-fill 2014 Lizhou Dam Sichuan Province Muli River Arch 2015 Longjiang Dam Yunnan Province Long River Arch 2010 Longkaikou Dam Yunnan Province Jinsha River Gravity 2013 Longma Dam Yunnan Province Lixian River Concrete-face rock-fill 2007 Longshou II Dam Gansu Province Heihe River Concrete-face rock-fill 2004 Longtan Dam Guangxi Hongshui River Gravity 2009 Longtang Dam Hainan Province Nandu River Gravity 2011 Longyangxia Dam Qinghai Province Yellow River Arch 1992 Lubuge Dam Guizhou\Yunnan Provinces Huangni River Embankment 1988 Ludila Dam Yunnan Province Jinsha River Gravity 2015 Madushan Dam Yunnan Province Honghe (Red) River Gravity 2011 Maerdang Dam Qinghai Province Yellow River Concrete-face rock-fill 2020 Malutang Dam Yunnan Province Panlong River Concrete-face rock-fill 2009 Manwan Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Gravity 1995 Maoergai Dam Sichuan Province Heishui River Embankment 2011 Mianhuatan Dam Fujian Province Ting River Gravity 1999 Miaowei Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Embankment, rock-fill 2014 Henan Province Huai River Embankment 1955 Nierji Dam Heilongjiang Province/Inner Mongolia Nen River Embankment, rock-fill 2006 Niululing Dam Hainan Province Wanquan Basin Gravity 1982 Nuozhadu Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Embankment, rock-fill 2014 Pangduo Dam Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa River Embankment, rock-fill 2013 Panjiakou Dam Hebei Province Luan River Gravity 1984 Pankou Dam Hubei Province Du River Concrete-face rock-fill 2012 Pengshui Dam Chongqing Wu River Arch 2008 Project 635 Dam Xinjiang Irtysh River Embankment, rock-fill 2001 Pubugou Dam Sichuan Province Dadu River Concrete-face rock-fill 2010 Qiaoqi Dam Sichuan Province Baoxinghe River Embankment, rock-fill 2009 Quxue Dam Sichuan Province Shuoqu River Embankment, rock-fill 2017 (?) Renzonghai Dam Sichuan Province Tianwan River Embankment, rock-fill 2007 Sanbanxi Dam Guizhou Province Yuan (Qingshui) River Concrete-face rock-fill 2006 Sanmenxia Dam Henan/Shanxi Province Yellow River Gravity 1960 Shapai Dam Sichuan Province Caopo River Arch 2006 Shatuo Dam Guizhou Province Wu River Arch 2009 Shiyazi Dam Guizhou Province Hongjiadu River Gravity 2010 Shimenkan Dam Yunnan Province Lixian River Arch 2010 Shisanling Dam Beijing Wenyu River Embankment 1995 Shitouhe Dam Shaanxi Province Shitouhe River Embankment 1969 Shuangjiangkou Dam Sichuan Province Dadu River Embankment, rock-fill 2020 Shuibuya Dam Hubei Province Qing River Concrete-face rock-fill 2008 Shuifeng (Sup'ung) Dam Liaoning Province Yalu River Gravity 1941 Shuikou Dam Fujian Province Min River Gravity 1996 Silin Dam Guizhou Province Wu River Gravity 2008 Sinanjiang Dam Yunnan Province Sinan River Concrete-face rock-fill 2008 Songtao Dam Hainan Province Nandu River Embankment, earth-fill 1969 Suofengying Dam Guizhou Province Wu River Gravity 2006 Taipingwan Dam Liaoning Province Yalu River Gravity 1987 Tankeng Dam Zhejiang Province Ou River Concrete-face rock-fill 2008 Tengzigou Dam Chongqing Dragon River Arch 2006 Three Gorges Dam Hubei Province Yangtze River Gravity 2008 Tianhuaban Dam Yunnan Province Niulan River Arch 2011 Tianhuangping Dam Zhejiang Province Daxi Creek Concrete-face rock-fill 2004 Tianshengqiao-I Dam Guizhou/Guangxi Province Nanpan River Concrete-face rock-fill 2000 Tianshengqiao-II Dam Guizhou/Guangxi Province Nanpan River Concrete-face rock-fill 1997 Tingzikou Dam Sichuan Province Jialing River Gravity 2014 Tukahe Dam Yunnan Province Lixian River Gravity 2008 Wanjiazhai Dam Shaanxi Province Yellow River Gravity 1998 Wawushan Dam Sichuan Province Zhougonghe River Concrete-face rock-fill 2007 Weiyuan Dam Jilin Province Yalu River Gravity 1987 Wudongde Dam Sichuan/Yunnan Province Jinsha River Compound Arch 2020 Wudu Dam Sichuan Province Fu River Gravity 2008 Wujiangdu Dam Guizhou Province Wu River Arch-gravity 1979 Wunonglong Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Gravity 2018 (?) Wuluwati Dam Xinjiang Kalakashi River Concrete-face rock-fill 2001 Wuqiangxi Dam Hunan Province Yuan River Gravity 1996 Xiangjiaba Dam Yunnan/Sichuan Provinces Jinsha River Embankment, rock-fill 2012 Xiaolangdi Dam Henan Province Yellow River Embankment, rock-fill 2000 Structural specifications of the Xiaolangdi Dam Xiaowan Dam Yunnan Province Lancang River Arch 2010 Xiluodu Dam Yunnan Province Jinsha River Arch 2013 Xinanjiang (Qiandao) Dam Zheijang Province Qiantang River Gravity 1959 Xinfengjiang Dam Guangdong Province Xinfeng River Gravity 1962 Yamaguchi Dam Xinjiang Haba River Concrete-face rock-fill 1996 Yangqu Dam Qinghai Province Yellow River Concrete-face rock-fill 2016 (?) Yantan Dam Guangdong Province Hongshui River Gravity 1995 Yayangshan Dam Yunnan Province Lixian River Concrete-face rock-fill 2006 Yele Dam Sichuan Province Nanya River Embankment 2006 Yingzidu Dam Guizhou Province Sancha River Concrete-face rock-fill 2003 Yinpan Dam Chongqing Wu River Gravity 2011 Yulongyan Dam Hunan Province Gongxi River Arch 2005 Yunfeng Dam Jilin Province Yalu River Gravity 1965 Zangmu Dam Tibet Autonomous Region Brahmaputra River Gravity 2015 Zhelin Dam Jiangxi Province Zhelin River Embankment, earth-fill 1972 Zhexi Dam Hunan Province Zi Shui River Gravity 1962 Zhikong Dam Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa River Embankment, rock-fill 2007 Zipingpu Dam Sichuan Province Min River Concrete-face rock-fill 2006

See also List of power stations in China List of tallest dams in China Hydroelectricity in China

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