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The Silin Dam (Chinese: 思林水坝) is a concrete gravity dam on the Wu River in Sinan County Guizhou Province China. The dam has an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1080 MW capacity utilizing 4 x 270 MW Francis turbine-generators. The dam is 310 m (1017 ft) long 117 m (384 ft) high and composed of roller-compacted concrete. Its reservoir has a 1205000000 m3 (976909 acre·ft) capacity 184000000 m3 (149171 acre·ft) of which is flood storage. The dam also supports ship lift.