In danjiangkou city, where the Han River meets its tributary Danjiangkou. Danjiang dam stands tall, like a water blocking wall, cutting off the flowing Han River. Danjiangkou Water Control Project consists of this dam, a hydropower station, a ship lift and two irrigation canals in Hubei and Henan.
This is a large-scale water conservancy project with comprehensive benefits such as flood control, power generation, irrigation, shipping and aquaculture, which is surveyed, designed and built by China. The crest height of the dam is 162m, the total length is 2494m, the normal water level is 157m, and the normal water storage capacity is174.5 billion cubic meters. The total installed capacity of the power plant is 900,000 kilowatts, and there are 6 single machines, with an average annual power generation of 3.8 billion kWh.
The total annual irrigation diversion of Qingquangou Irrigation Canal in Hubei and Taocha Irrigation Canal in Henan is * * * 65.438+0.5 billion cubic meters. The ship lift can lift 150 ton barge over the dam. There are two deep-water channels in the reservoir, which can be navigable all the year round. The effective aquaculture area of the reservoir is 67,000 hectares, and the total annual catch of fresh fish is 7 million kilograms. The misty artificial lake and the magical Wudang Mountain form a unique tourist attraction.