Shimenkan Dam


The Shimenkan Dam is an arch dam on the Lixian River, straddling the border between Ning'er and Mojiang County in Yunnan Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 130 MW. Construction began in 2007 and the dam was complete in 2010. The dam is tall and creates a reservoir with a capacity of. It is the second dam in the Lixian River cascade.