The Jiudianxia Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tao River in Jonê County Gansu Province China. The dam was constructed to conserve water and produce hydroelectricity. The 136.5 m (448 ft) tall dam withholds a reservoir of 943000000 m3 (764503 acre·ft) and its power station has an installed capacity of 300 MW. Construction on the dam began in 2005 and it was complete in 2008.
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