Altash Water Conservancy Project
Dam in Yarkant River Basin, southern Xinjiang / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aritash Water Conservancy Project[2] (Chinese: 阿尔塔什水利枢纽工程),[3] also called as Aritash Hydro-junction dam,[4] is the largest water conservancy project in Xinjiang.[5] The project is located in the upper reaches of the Yarkant River and deep in the Kunlun Mountains.[6] It is called as "Xinjiang Three Gorges Dam"[7] by some Chinese experts.[8]