Editing Three Gorges Dam (section)

== Upstream dams ==
[[File:Yangtze longitudinal profile upstream.JPG|thumb|Longitudinal profile of upstream Yangtze River]]
In order to maximize the utility of the Three Gorges Dam and cut down on sedimentation from the [[Jinsha River]], the upper course of the Yangtze River, authorities are building a series of dams on the Jinsha, including the now completed [[Wudongde Dam|Wudongde]], [[Baihetan Dam|Baihetan]], [[Xiluodu]], and [[Xiangjiaba]] dams. The total capacity of those four dams is 38,500&nbsp;MW,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chinapower.com.cn/newsarticle/1008/new1008554.asp | language=zh | script-title=zh:中国三峡总公司拟在金沙江上建４座梯级水电站 总装机容量为３８５０万千瓦_中国电力网新闻中心 | publisher=chinapower.com.cn | access-date=August 1, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208230538/http://www.chinapower.com.cn/newsarticle/1008/new1008554.asp | archive-date=February 8, 2009 | df=mdy-all | url-status=dead}}</ref> almost double the capacity of the Three Gorges.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/estnews030703.htm | title=Beijing Environment, Science and Technology Update | publisher=U.S. Embassy in China | date=March 7, 2003 | access-date=January 20, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011154023/http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/estnews030703.htm | archive-date=October 11, 2007 | df=mdy-all | url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Baihetan became fully operational in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New mega hydropower station to begin operations – China.org.cn|url=http://www.china.org.cn/business/2021-04/08/content_77387275.htm|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=china.org.cn}}</ref> Wudongde was opened in June 2021.  Another eight dams are in the midstream of the Jinsha and eight more upstream of it.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?storyCode=2041318 | title=Beyond Three Gorges in China | publisher=Water Power Magazine | date=January 10, 2007 | access-date=November 23, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614050746/http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?storyCode=2041318 | archive-date=June 14, 2011 | df=mdy-all | url-status=dead}}</ref>