Nanhua Dam

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/nanhua-dam

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1. How tall is Nanhua Dam?87.5 meters (287 feet)
2. What is the location?Nanhua District, Tainan, Taiwan
3. What is the original name?Houjie Dam
4. What is the Nanhua Dam and why is it important?The Nanhua Dam is a big curved earthfill dam in Taiwan that stores water for cities like Tainan and Kaohsiung, helping keep them hydrated.
5. How big is the Nanhua Dam and how much water can it hold?The dam is 87.5 meters tall and 511 meters long, and its reservoir can hold about 158 million cubic meters of water.

Earthfill Dam: A dam constructed primarily from compacted soil, rock, and other earth materials, often with an impermeable core.
Catchment Area: The total area of land that drains water into a particular river, lake, or reservoir.
Sedimentation: The process by which solid particles (sediment) settle out of a fluid, such as water, and accumulate.
Inter-basin Water Transfer: The artificial movement of water from one river basin or watershed to another.