Danjiangkou Reservoir
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Danjiangkou Reservoir is a multi-purpose reservoir in Xichuan County
, Henan
and Danjiangkou
City, Hubei
province, Central China
. Created by the Danjiangkou Dam
, it serves as a supply of water for the region as well as irrigation, electricity generation and flood control. It was constructed in 1958, and at the time was one the largest reservoirs in Asia.
Xichuan County
Xichuan County is a county of Nanyang, Henan, China.Xichuan has an area of 2,798 square kilometers and a population of 746,000.Both of the Danjiangkou Reservoir and the Central route of South–North Water Transfer Project's canal head are located in Xichuan...
, Henan
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
and Danjiangkou
Danjiangkou
Danjiangkou is a county-level city within the Shiyan "Prefecture-level city" of Hubei Province, China. It has a population of more than 150,000.-Geography:...
City, Hubei
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
province, Central China
South Central China
South Central China is a region of the People's Republic of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the provinces of Guangdong, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan, and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, however excluding the 2 special administrative regions : Hong Kong and...
. Created by the Danjiangkou Dam
Danjiangkou Dam
The Danjiangkou Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Han river near Danjiangkou in Hubei Province, China. The dam is part of the South-North Water Transfer Project and was heightened to in order to increase reservoir capacity. The original dam was constructed between 1958 and 1973 and heightened...
, it serves as a supply of water for the region as well as irrigation, electricity generation and flood control. It was constructed in 1958, and at the time was one the largest reservoirs in Asia.