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Hongjiadu Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Hongjiadu Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Liuchong River in Qianxi County, Guizhou Province, China. The dam is 179.5 metres (589 ft) tall and was built for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation and water supply. The dam supports a 600 MW and withholds a 4,947,000,000 cubic metres (4, 010, 598 acre⋅ft) reservoir.

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