Jiangkou Reservoir

Jiangkou Reservoir
Jiangkou Reservoir
LocationWulong County, Chongqing Municipality
Coordinates29°14′12″N 107°53′32″E / 29.23667°N 107.89222°E / 29.23667; 107.89222
Lake typereservoir
Primary inflowsFurong River
Primary outflowsFurong River
Basin countriesPeople's Republic of China
BuiltMay 1999 - October 2003
Average depth300 m (980 ft)
Water volume.497 km3 (0.119 cu mi)


The Jiangkou Reservoir (simplified Chinese: '江口水库; traditional Chinese: '江口水庫; pinyin: Jiāngkǒu Shuǐkù) is a large scale reservoir in Wulong County, Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China constructed for the primary purpose of generating hydroelectricity.

Built at a cost of 1.95 billion RMB, the reservoir's concrete hyperbolic arch dam in Jiankou Town (江口镇) 2 km (1.2 mi) from the confluence of the Wu and Furong Rivers houses a hydroelectric power plant with an installed capacity of 300 MW.