Liujia Gorge (Liu Jia Xia)

Liujia Gorge (Liu Jia Xia)

Located in Yongjing county of Gansu Province is the Pearl of Yellow River-Liujia Gorge. As the first power plant built on the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the largest power plant of China at that time, the Liujia Gorge Hydroelectric Power Plant has a capacity of 1.2 million kw, and uses five units of gigantic water turbogenerators to generate 5.7 billion kwh of electricity each year. With a 147-meter-high and 840-meter-long dam, the Liujia Gorge Reservoir stores 5.7 billion cubic meters of water, and its water area covers 130 square kilometers.

Steep cliffs and towering mountains rise on either side of the river, and manifest their spectacular grandeur. It was there that a key water conservancy project of China was completed in 1974, for the purposes of irrigation, navigation, flood control, electric energy production, and aquatic resources utilization.

 

Various sightseeing boats are provided in the Liujia Gorge area by which you can visit Grottoes of Bingling Temple. The flood season-August and September are the best time to visit Liujia Gorge when its climate is also pleasant. The flowing Yellow River is a unique landscape here where the water of Yellow River turns around and flows to the west. The loud-pouring floods are amazing and astonishing!