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Wanjiazhai Dam

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Wanjiazhai Dam

The Wanjiazhai Dam is a gravity dam on the Yellow River on the border of Pianguan County, Shaanxi Province (east bank) and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (west bank), China. The main purpose of the dam is water supply for the Wanjiazhai Water Control Project along with peak hydroelectric power gen

eration. Construction on the dam began in 1994, the first generator went online in 1998 and the last in 2000.

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