The Jiangkou Reservoir () is a large scale reservoir in

Wulong County Wulong District () is a district of Chongqing Municipality, China, bordering Guizhou province to the south. Administration Climate Education There is a central elementary school in Baiyun Town. Transportation The district is served by C ...

, Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China constructed for the primary purpose of generating

hydroelectricity Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other Renewabl ...

. Built at a cost of 1.95 billion RMB, the reservoir's concrete hyperbolic

arch dam An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. The arch dam is designed so that the force of the water against it, known as hydrostatic pressure, presses against the arch, causing the arch to straighten slightly and strengthen ...

in Jiankou Town (江口镇) from the

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

of the Wu and Furong Rivers houses a hydroelectric power plant with an installed capacity of 300 MW.

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Reservoirs in China Bodies of water of Chongqing {{Chongqing-geo-stub