Chungju Dam
The Chungju Dam is a gravity dam on the Namhan River, 6 km (4 mi) northeast of Chungju in Chungcheongbuk-do Province, South Korea. The purpose of the dam is flood control, water supply and hydroelectric power generation. Construction on the dam began in 1978 and was complete in 1985. The 98 m (322 ft) tall dam withholds a reservoir of 2,750,000,000 m (2,229,461 acre⋅ft) and supplies water to a 400 MW power station.
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References
- ^ worldlakes
- ^ Engineering news-record, Volume 209, Issues 21-26. McGraw-Hill. 1982. p. 43.
- ^ "Multi-Purpose Dams". Korea Water Resources Corporation. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
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