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Banduo Hydropower Station

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Banduo Hydropower Station, also spelled Banduo Hydropower Plant, is a water conservancy project in Qinghai of China located at the exit of Ciha Gorge of the Yellow River at the junction of Xinghai County and Tongde County. The main task of the hydropower plant is to generate electricity and not to undertake downstream flood control.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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