Zangmu Dam
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The Zangmu Dam is a gravity dam on the Yarlung Zangbo/Brahmaputra River 9 km northwest of Gyaca in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. This dam is built a few kilometers from the Bhutan-India border. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power... Wikipedia
Opened: 2014
Height: 381′
Active capacity: 86,600,000 m3 (70,208 acre⋅ft) (daily)
Installed capacity: 510 MW
Annual generation: 2.5 billion kWh est.
Catchment area: 157,668 km2 (60,876 sq mi)
Construction cost: 9.7 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion)