Altash Water Conservancy Project

Aritash Water Conservancy Project
阿尔塔什水利枢纽工程
CountryChina
LocationYarkant River Basin, southern Xinjiang
PurposePower, flood control
Construction began2006
Opening dateOctober 10, 2011
Construction cost¥10.986 billion[1]

The Aritash Water Conservancy Project[2] (Chinese: 阿尔塔什水利枢纽工程),[3] also called as Aritash Hydro-junction dam,[4] is the largest water conservancy project in Xinjiang.[5] The project is located in the upper reaches of the Yarkant River and deep in the Kunlun Mountains.[6] It is called as "Xinjiang Three Gorges Dam"[7] by some Chinese experts.[8]

  1. ^ "The Aritash Water Conservancy Project begins to store water". Guangming Daily. November 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Progress made on construction of key hydro power plant in Xinjiang". China News Service. 2019-09-06.
  3. ^ "沿着长河 走出大山——记阿尔塔什水利枢纽移民搬迁工程". Xinjiang Daily. 2019-12-30.
  4. ^ Li, Wei; Geng, Xinchun; Li, Xuebiao; Zhao, Yufei; Nie, Yong (Mar 15, 2020). "Research and application of intelligent construction monitoring system in the dam filling process of the Altash Hydro-junction dam". Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Control Network and System Engineering Research. pp. 101–106. doi:10.1145/3333581.3333592. ISBN 9781450366274. S2CID 195776771. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  5. ^ ""Xinjiang Three Gorges Dam" closes gates for impoundment". Xinhuanet.com. 2019-11-19. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "CPC Central Committee increases support for water conservancy construction in southern Xinjiang". Xinhuanet.com. 2019-07-08.
  7. ^ "Yarkand river basin may say goodbye to millennial flooding". People's Daily. 2019-11-20.
  8. ^ "China builds large water conservancy projects again one of which is called "Xinjiang Three Gorges Dam"". Wenxuecity. 2020-07-15.