Dams of the Greater Mekong
You
are free to view and download this dataset, subject to copyright conditions
described below. Under no circumstances should users change the dataset. Users
are encouraged to send additional data, corrections and/or observations to the
following email address:
This
data set is populated, curated and managed by the Greater Mekong CGIAR Research
Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) from its regional base in Vientiane,
Lao PDR. The datasets list all known (and unknown) dams in four Greater Mekong
river basins, and provide the following
additional information (where available): The name of the project; any
alternative names, the country in which it is
located, the river on which it is located, the dam's location (decimal
degrees, latitude/longitude), the dam's function (hydropower, irrigation etc.), its status (commissioned, under
construction, etc.), year of commissioning, installed capacity (if
appropriate), average annual electricity production (if appropriate), the
irrigation area it is intended to serve (if appropriate), the dam's height, its
crest length, its total storage (at Full Supply Level), its maximum reservoir
area (at Full Supply Level), the number of people the dam has or will displace,
the estimated cost of developing the dam, the destination of its power supply
(if appropriate), the financiers of the dam, its developers, and its owners,
and, finally, the concession period (if appropriate).
The primary
focus of this initiative has been to identify every hydropower or multiple use
dam of 15 MW installed capacity or above; and/or every irrigation or water
supply dam with a reservoir area of 0.5 km2 or above in the Irrawaddy, Mekong,
Red and Salween river basins.
Dam
Locations: location of existing/under construction dams have been identified
via Google Earth Pro. Insofar as planned dams are concerned, a variety of
sources have been utilized including published maps, news reports describing
their location, websites providing its locations, and other freely available
datasets. For each dam identified in the set, data provenance is described in
the notes in Column AD in each of the spreadsheets. Other data have been
detected in research publications, reports, websites, new reports, and more.
Basin
designations: for each dam identified, the river basin (not catchment) has been
identified. Catchment boundaries and names are derived from the Food and
Agriculture Organization's 'Map of Major River Basins and Sub-basins in South
East Asia':
http://www.fao.org/land-water/en/
http://www.fao.org/land-water/en/
The
locations of existing dams are accurate. The locations of planned dams are
typically estimated unless alternative irrefutable data are available. Where
estimation has occurred, this is noted in Column AD for each of the data sets.
Technical specifications for planned dams are prone to change as planning
advances. If changes are detected, the data sets are updated.
This
data set covers the countries of the Greater Mekong: Cambodia, China (Yunnan
Province), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. In addition, the data set also organizes the
data into four river basins: the Irrawaddy, the Mekong, the Red and the
Salween.
The
data set is constantly maintained. The date of the latest update is included in
the file title.
These
data are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial–No Derivs
3.0 Unported License. The data may be freely quoted and reproduced provided the
source is acknowledged. If reproduced in whole or in part, no part of the
information or nomenclature used in the
data sets may changed or altered without the written permission of the copyright
holders. The data may not be used in whole or in part for resale or other
commercial purposes.
WLE
(insert year of download), Dataset on the Dams of the Irrawaddy, Mekong, Red
and Salween River Basins. Vientiane, Lao PDR: CGIAR Research Program on Water,
Land and Ecosystems - Greater Mekong
https://wle-mekong.cgiar.org/
https://wle-mekong.cgiar.org/
Where
dams have been identified that lie outside of the focus of this initiative (see
'Focus' above), these have been included, but the cell for 'Installed Capacity'
is highlighted in yellow to denote that it is a dam below 15MW.
Empty
cells indicate that the data are not available to us. In a few cases, there are
dams that we know to exist, but we have been unable to locate them - hence, the
location cells are empty.
An
'unknown' dam is a one that has been detected via Google Earth, but for which
we have been unable to obtain further details (including its name). In the
datasets, a dam identified as 'unknown' usually has a digit proceeding its
title (e.g. 'Unknown 1', 'Unknown 2', etc). This exists for our own in-house mapping purposes
to allow us to distinguish between one unknown dam from another.
Coordinates
provided have been determined via Google Earth Pro in 'satellite view'. There
are usually small differences between locations in this view and with Google
Maps' 'map view'.
WLE
Greater Mekong welcomes corrections, observations, questions or contributions
to these data sets, which can be sent to the curators at https://wle-mekong.cgiar.org/
While
very effort has been made to confirm the accuracy of these data, WLE Greater
Mekong, DFAT, or any other partner associated with the WLE Greater Mekong Program cannot be
held responsible for any inaccuracies or omissions in this dataset. The
designation and names of geographical
entities on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on
the part of DFAT, WLE Greater Mekong, or
any associated partners on the legal status of any country, territory,
or area, or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries or of the nomenclature
deployed in its identification.
WLE
Greater Mekong gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), which contributed resources
towards the development of these data sets, and their continued maintenance. In
addition, WLE Greater Mekong acknowledges the support and input of: the Asia
International Rivers Center at Yunnan University, PR China; the Institute of
Water Resources Planning, Hanoi, Viet
Nam; the Department of Irrigation at the Ministry of Agriculture and
Irrigation, Myanmar; the Department of Hydropower Implementation at the
Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Myanmar; and Electricité du Lao, Lao PDR.
AIRC: Asian
International Rivers Center (Yunnan University, PR China).
CAM: Cambodia.
CANL: Cancelled.
CHN: China.
COD: Commercial
Operation Date (i.e. when the dam was commissioned).
COMM: Commissioned.
DHI/MEE: Department of
Hydropower Implementation, Ministry of Electricity and Energy (Myanmar).
DN: Dong Nai (River
Basin).
DoI/MoAI: Department of
Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Myanmar).
EdL: Electricité du
Lao.
EGAT: Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand.
FSL: Full Supply Level.
GW: Gigawatts.
HPD: Hydropower Dam.
ID: Irrigation Dam.
IND: India
IRR: Irrawaddy (River
Basin).
IWRP: Institute of
Water Resources Planning (Viet Nam).
LAO: Lao PDR.
MEK: Mekong (River
Basin).
MCo: Myanmar Coast
(River Basin).
MPD: Multi-purpose Dam.
MW: Megawatts.
MYN: Myanmar. n/a: Not
applicable.
PLAN: Planned.
PROP: Proposed.
RED: Red (River Basin).
RIB: Royal Irrigation
Department (Thailand).
SAL: Salween (River
Basin).
SIT: Sittaung (River
Basin)
SUSP: Suspended.
THA: Thailand.
UCON: Under
construction.
VN: Viet Nam.
WSD: Water Storage Dam.
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