Yali Falls Dam

Coordinates: 14°13′37″N 107°49′44″E / 14.227°N 107.829°E

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Yali Falls Dam

Location of Yali Falls Dam in Vietnam
Country	Vietnam
Coordinates	14°13′37″N 107°49′44″E / 14.227°N 107.829°E / 14.227; 107.829
Construction began	1993
Opening date	1996
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Krong Poko
Height	69 m (226 ft)
Reservoir
Surface area	64.5 km² (24.9 sq mi)
Installed capacity	720 MW

The Yali Falls Dam is the second largest dam in Vietnam, located in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces on the Krong Poko ("the father river" in Mnong language), a tributary of the Sesan River, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) upstream of the Cambodian border.

Name

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Yali Falls Dams was originated from the Yă-Léa Waterfall, which means "the stream of Lady Léa". It has been from a sad love legend of Léa the Longhair and brothers Srèk-Srơk. They turned into two towering mountains on the sides of the waterfall to forever protect the maiden.

History

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The 69-metre (226 ft)-high dam was begun in 1993 and sealed in 1996, with the 64.5 square kilometres (24.9 sq mi) reservoir filled by 1998. It aims to generate 720 MW of hydropower.

Like many large dam projects, it has been highly criticised, for causing flooding, damaging fisheries and for the lack of consultation with Cambodian authorities. Amongst those opposing the dam are the Sesan-Srepok-Sesong Protection Network (3SPN), organising 59 villages in northeast Cambodia to promote the environment in the three river basins and supported by Oxfam.

References

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Phoel, Cynthia M., "Bargaining Power", in Oxfam Exchange, Fall 2004, 8–9.
http://www.mekong.es.usyd.edu.au/case_studies/sesan/yalifallsdam/yalifallsdam.htm (accessed 13 December 2008)
Heavy water release from Vietnam's Yali Falls dam floods communities in northeastern Cambodia, press release, Probe International, 29 July 2008. (Accessed 26 June 2011.)
TERRA, (2000) "Proposed Dams on the Se San River", Oxfam Community Aid Abroad. April, 2000. [1]

v t e Dams in the Mekong River Basin
On Mekong River	: Wunonglong Lidi Huangdeng Dahuaqiao Miaowei Gongguoqiao Xiaowan Manwan Dachaoshan Nuozhadu Jinghong : Xayaburi Don Sahong Pakchom Ban Koum : Stung Treng Sambor
On tributaries of the Mekong River	: Xi'er He : Nam Ngum Nam Theun 2 Theun Hinboun Houay Ho Xe Kaman 3 : Huai Kum Pak Mun Sirindhorn Ubol Ratana Lam Phra Phloeng Lam Takhong : Buon Kuop Buon Tua Srah Dray Hling Duc Xuyen Plei Krong Sre Pok 3 Sre Pok 4 Se San 3 Se San 4 Yaly : Lower Se San 2 Lower Sre Pok 2 Stung Battambang 1 Stung Sen
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