Liyuan Dam
The Liyuan Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Jinsha River on the border of Yulong County and Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province, China. The dam has an associated hydroelectric power station with a 2,400 MW power station containing 4 x 600 MW generators. Construction on the river diversion for the dam began in 2008. It began to impound its reservoir in November 2014 and on December 28, 2014 the first generator was commissioned. The second generator was commissioned in July 2015.
The dam withholds a reservoir of, of which is active or "useful" storage. The normal reservoir level is above sea level with a minimum of. The catchment area for the reservoir in the upstream basin is while the reservoir surface area is.
