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power. By March 2014, a total of 25 dams were completed, under construction or planned for the river. Those dams are listed below from downstream to upstream. After completion of the
Baihetan Dam in 2022, five of the
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in the world with sizes of at least 3,000 MW, are on the river. When all the hydropower stations are in operation on the Jinsha River, they constitute the world’s largest clean energy corridor.
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Although the name is generally over-literally translated as the "Gold Sand" or "Golden-Sanded River", the name is not poetic or descriptive of the color of the river's banks. Rather,
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Riding the River Home: A Complete and
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when the river attracted large numbers of gold prospectors. Gold prospecting along the Jinsha continues to this day.
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The upper course of the river falls about 14 feet per mile (2.7 m/km). Below
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1348:"China's Era of Mega-Dams Is Ending as Solar and Wind Power Rise"
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recorded much of the Jinsha's extensive river system during the
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1394:Jun, Huang; Zulin Zhang; Gang Yu (2003).
1304:"INTERACTIVE: Mapping China's "Dam Rush""
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324:2,290 km (1,420 mi)approx.
1426:International Rivers, (2009-1-16).
1328:. China's Rivers Report. March 2014
1326:"The Last Report on China's Rivers"
54:Jinsha flowing along the bottom of
27:Chinese river, part of the Yangtze
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1086:Category:Dams on the Jinsha River
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1037:Commentary on the Water Classic
172:Confluence of the Tongtian and
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271: • coordinates
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148:Physical characteristics
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1076:List of rivers in China
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120:Tibet Autonomous Region
1211:E.g., in Davis, John.
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970:– programmed, 1,680 MW
958:– programmed, 1,160 MW
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874:– completed, 10,200 MW
868:– completed, 16,000 MW
862:– completed, 13,860 MW
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910:– completed, 2,400 MW
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898:– completed, 2,160 MW
892:– completed, 3,000 MW
856:– completed, 7,750 MW
298:28.770389; 104.632806
1430:Retrieved 2010-1-25.
1231:丽江政府部门终下决心 打击金沙江非法淘金
964:– programmed, 740 MW
212:34.094111; 92.912806
1194:Pletcher, Kenneth.
1117:Little, Archibald.
1091:Tiger Leaping Gorge
994:– planned, 1,100 MW
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934:– planned, 6,000 MW
928:– planned, 4,000 MW
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535:Tiger Leaping Gorge
381:Basin features
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1275:"Lashihai Wetland"
1219:. C. Knight, 1836.
1014:The pre-imperial "
1459:Rivers of Sichuan
1454:Rivers of Qinghai
1428:Jinsha River Dams
1400:J. Environ. Monit
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878:Yinjiang Dam
872:Wudongde Dam
866:Baihetan Dam
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402:River system
281:28°46′13.4″N
198:92°54′46.1″E
1242:January 16,
998:Guotong Dam
992:Gangtuo Dam
974:Yebatan Dam
950:Changbo Dam
932:Longpan Dam
860:Xiluodu Dam
479:Jīnshājiāng
446:Dadan River
415:Tributaries
386:Progression
296: /
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195:34°5′38.8″N
83:Native name
1438:Categories
1382:2022-12-21
1358:2021-04-09
1217:pp. 132 ff
1215:, Vol. 1,
1103:References
1032:Li Daoyuan
962:Batang Dam
944:Rimian Dam
920:Liyuan Dam
896:Ludila Dam
884:Jinsha Dam
781:and upper
442:Pudu River
337:Basin size
1183:Shénchuān
1169:Mǎhújiāng
986:Yanbi Dam
980:Boluo Dam
880:– planned
820:Gradients
800:Min River
734:Geography
728:type site
627:Shéngshuǐ
515:provinces
349:Discharge
256:Min Jiang
142:Panzhihua
75:Etymology
36:Yangtze (
1420:12948236
1069:See also
1050:Xu Xiake
968:Lawa Dam
914:Ahai Dam
760:Tongtian
550:Sanjiang
97:Location
1332:15 June
1310:15 June
1287:31 July
1005:History
814:Lijiang
792:Sichuan
783:Salween
772:Qinghai
696:is the
690:Yangtze
583:Hēishuǐ
542:Lancang
523:Sichuan
519:Qinghai
490:Tibetan
464:Chinese
390:Yangtze
264:Sichuan
178:Qinghai
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