Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Danjiangkou.
The completion of the enormous Tan-chiang-k'ou Reservoir on the Han River was announced in the spring of 1974.
1979, Charles Greer, Water Management in the Yellow River Basin of China, University of Texas Press, published 2012, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 602 more examples
Planned also is a canal from Ching-chou on the Yellow River to Tan-chiang-k'ou on the upper Han River, linking the Yellow River with the Han River and the Yangtze.
1958, Water Resource Programs of the United States, Russia, and (Red) China, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 219The 105 meter dam on the Hsin-an Chiang, the 110 meter dam at Tan-chiang-k'ou, the 140 meter dam at Liu-chia-hsia and the 165 meter cross-river-channel dam of the Pai Shan hydro-electric power plant are all open-slot gravity dams.
1960 March 30, Water Conservancy in Communist China During the Last Decade, →OCLC, page 3
Origin
- Mandarin丹江口
- EnglishTan-chiang-k'ou
From Mandarin 丹江口 (Dānjiāngkǒu) Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-chiang¹-kʻou³.
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