Jinsha

It is near the Jinsha River site of the Xiangjiaba Hydroelectric Station, which is designed to be one of China's largest.

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Billions of tons of concrete have been poured into the Yangtze, Yellow, Pearl, Liao, Songhua, Han, Huai, Jinsha, and Min rivers for hydroelectric and flood-control projects.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Hydro plants along the Jinsha the Yangtze headwater lead the way.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Billions of tons of concrete have been poured into the Yangtze, Yellow, Pearl, Liao, Songhua, Han, Huai, Jinsha, and Min rivers for hydroelectric and flood-control projects.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Plans to develop the Nu and the Jinsha have been partially held up, but the pressures to build dams on every river are growing along with the risks to people and the environment.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Thirteen more were being built or planned on the Nu Salween and eight on the Jinsha—the headwater of the Yangtze.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

The actual territory varied among those periods, but basically remained the same until the early Ming period, when Guizhou Province was set up and the area north to the Jinsha River was allotted to Sichuan.

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Hydro plants along the Jinsha the Yangtze headwater lead the way.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

A major reason for the cascade of hydroelectric dams on the Jinsha is to ease the buildup of silt at the Three Gorges.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Plans to develop the Nu and the Jinsha have been partially held up, but the pressures to build dams on every river are growing along with the risks to people and the environment.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010