Liujiaxia - Liujiaxia

Japanese: 劉家峡 - りゅうかきょう

This is a large canyon that spans three counties, Yongjing, Lintao, and Dongxiang Autonomous Counties, located southwest of Lanzhou City in central Gansu Province, China, and is one of the canyons in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. A water conservancy center was completed in 1974. The dam is a large dam with a dike height of 147m, a storage capacity of 5.7 billion m3, an area of the reservoir of the reservoir of over 130 km2, and a generating capacity of 1.22 million kW. It is also part of a stepped dam group with the Shionbe Gorge and Badan Gorge dams downstream, which contributes to flood control and power generation of the Yellow River. In addition, boats can travel up the artificial lake of the Liujiaxia Dam to the Bingling Temple Grottoes.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，甘粛省中部の蘭州市の南西にある永靖，臨洮，東郷族自治県の3県にわたる大峡谷で，黄河上流部峡谷の一つ。1974年に水利センターが完成した。ダムの堰堤高147m，貯水量57億m3，ダム湖の面積は130km2あまり，発電能力122万kWに達する大型ダムで，しかも下流の塩鍋峡，八盤峡のダムと階段状ダム群を構成，黄河の洪水調節と発電に貢献している。また劉家峡ダムの人造湖をさかのぼると炳霊寺（へいれいじ）石窟まで船が通じる。

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