The Zangmu Dam (藏木) is a gravity dam on the Yarlung Zangbo/Brahmaputra River 9 km (5.6 mi) 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 production using run-of-the-river technology.
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The Zangmu dam was the first dam started to construct on the Yarlung Tsangpo in 2010 and expected to be generating electricity this year. The Metog (Chinese ...
Mar 3, 2021 · China recently announced its plan to build the world's biggest hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, in the Tibetan Autonomous Region ...
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Mar 12, 2024 · The series of dams erected on the Yarlung Tsangpo River poses a significant threat to various water-dependent activities in downstream countries ...
Oct 13, 2015 · Constructed at a cost of US$1.5 billion, the facility is located in Gyaca County, Shannan Prefecture on the Yarlung Zangbo River (Brahmaputra ...
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Located in a gorge 140km southeast of Lhasa, at an altitude of 3,260 metres, Zangmu Dam is slated to generate 540MW of electricity. Its height is 116 metres and ...
Nov 9, 2022 · Raising the temperature of an already tense relationship: The Zangmu Dam ... The Yarlung Tsangpo is one of the world's largest transnational river ...
Mar 26, 2021 · ... Yarlung Tsangpo) and a railway link from ... Zangmu dam in the middle reaches ... China's Super Hydropower Dam and Fears of Sino-Indian Water Wars.
Dec 1, 2020 · Unfortunately, China has long planned 11 hydro-dams on the river with Zangmu and Gyatsa already completed, Dagu and Jeixu under construction ...
A large-scale hydropower system with reservoir storage on a transboundary river brings both opportunities and challenges to water, food, and energy securities ...