Guangzhao Dam

The Guangzhao Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Beipan River, on the border between Qinglong County and Guanling Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Guizhou Province, China.

Construction on the dam began in May 2003 and the river was diverted in October 2004.

[1] Reservoir filling began in 2007 and by 2008, the dam and power plant were complete.

On June 28, 2010, a landslide in the area of the dam that killed 99 locals was believed to be caused by seismic effects from the reservoir.

The dam also contains a bottom outlet works for draining the reservoir which a maximum discharge capacity of 799 cubic metres per second (28,216 cu ft/s).