Hongshui River


The Hongshui River is a major river in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is one of the main rivers in the basin of the Xi River, which in its turn is one of the main tributaries of the Pearl River.
Conventionally, the Hongshui River is formed by the merging of the Beipan and Nanpan Rivers at the Guizhou-Guangxi border. From there, it flows in the general southeastern direction. In Laibin Prefecture in central Guangxi the Hongshui merges with the Liu River that comes from the north, forming the Qian River, which continues to the east toward, eventually, the Xi River.
The Hongshui has 10 large dams on it, that provide electric power and flood control.
According to the Beijing Review the Hongshui River had 300 shoals that interfered with navigating the river with cargo vessels.
Several of the dams are equipped with ship lifts capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement.
namecascadedate startedMegawattsheightvessel capacity
Dahua Dam-1975600 MW83.28m-
Yantan Dam5th19841210 MW110m250 ton ship lift
Bailongtan Dam-192 MW-250 ton lock
Pingban Dam3rd
Xijing Dam1st1958--1000 ton lock
Longtan Dam=20094,900 MW192m300 ton ship lift