The Baishan Dam (Chinese: 白山水库 meaning: White Mountain Dam) is an arch-gravity dam on the Second Songhua River near the town of Baishanzhen Huadian Jilin Province China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control. The dam supplies water to five turbine-generators in two different powerhouses for an installed capacity of 1500 MW while it can also control a design 19100 cubic metres per second (674510 cu ft/s) flood.
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