March 21, 2006

Information on just a few of the scores of dams planned for the Yangtze and Jinsha (as the upper Yangtze is called).

Yangtze/Jinsha dams: Fact box
Above: Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze
YANGTZE: Two dams currently span the river. Plans for two more have just been announced
Dam	Location	Size (GW)	Status
Gezhouba	Hubei	2.7	built
Three Gorges	Hubei	18.2	under construction/ being commissioned
Zhuyangxi	Chongqing	3	proposed
Xiaonanhai	Chongqing	1	proposed
JINSHA: Below, five of the more than 20 large dams planned for the Jinsha (as the Yangtze is called upstream of Chongqing municipality)
Dam	Location	Size (GW)	Status
Xiluodu	Sichuan/Yunnan	12.6	under construction
Xiangjiaba	Sichuan/Yunnan	6	under construction
Baihetan	Sichuan/Yunnan	12.5	site preparation
Wudongde	Sichuan/Yunnan	7.4	site preparation
Hutiaoxia (Tiger Leaping Gorge)	Yunnan	2.8	designed