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Table 4.1 The distribution of
hydro resources in China
Region
Technically exploitable hydro resources
Number of plants
Installed capacity
(10,000 kW)
Yangtze River
basin
5748
25,627.3
Yellow River basin
535
3734.3
Pearl River basin
1759
3129.1
Haihe River basin
295
203.0
Huaihe River basin
185
65.6
Northeast China
644
1682.1
Southeast Coast
257
1907.5
Southwest China
609
7501.5
Yarlung Tsangpo
and other river
basins
243
8466.4
The Hinterland and
Xinjiang
712
1847.2
Total
13,286
54,164
Table 4.2 13 large-scale
hydropower bases in China
Region
Installed capacity (10,000 kW)
Jinsha River
4789
Yalong River
1940
Dadu River
1805
Wu River
867
Upper Course of the Yangtze
2831
Hongshui River
1312
Mainstream of the Lancang
2137
Upper reaches of the Yellow
River
1415
Northern mainstream of the
middle reaches of the Yellow
River
609
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao
Autonomous Prefecture
791
Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi
1416
Northeast China
1131
Nujiang hydropower base
2132
Total
23,197