Baishan Dam

Baishan Dam
Location of Baishan Dam in China
Country	China
Location	Huadian, Jilin Province
Coordinates	42°43′35″N 127°13′28″E / 42.72639°N 127.22444°E / 42.72639; 127.22444
Status	In use
Construction began	1975
Opening date	1984
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch gravity
Impounds	Second Songhua River
Height	149.5 m (490 ft)
Length	677.5 m (2,223 ft)
Dam volume	1,663,000 m3 (58,728,291 cu ft)
Spillways	4
Spillway type	Service, crest overflow
Reservoir
Creates	Baishan Reservoir
Total capacity	6,500,000,000 m3 (5,269,636 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area	19,000 km2 (7,336 sq mi)
Surface area	17.67 km2 (6.82 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date	Phase I: 1984 Phase II: 1992 PS: 2006
Type	Conventional and Pumped-storage
Hydraulic head	110 m (361 ft) (design)
Turbines	5 x 300 MW (400,000 hp) Francis turbines conventional 2 x 150 MW (200,000 hp) Pumped-storage
Installed capacity	1,800 MW (2,400,000 hp)

The Baishan Dam (Chinese: 白山大坝, meaning: "White Mountain Dam") is an arch-gravity dam on the Second Songhua River near the town of Baishanzhen, Huadian, Jilin Province, China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control. The dam supplies water to five turbine-generators in two different powerhouses for an installed capacity of 1,500 megawatts (2,000,000 hp) while it can also control a design 19,100 cubic metres per second (670,000 cu ft/s) flood. Additionally, it has a 300 megawatts (400,000 hp) pumped-storage hydroelectric generation capacity. It is named after Baekdu Mountain (White Mountain), near the city of Baishan.