中國巨型的90億英鎊水電站,高度幾乎是尼加拉瓜大瀑布的6倍

Despite viewing it from a distance this footage demonstrates the magnificent force of one of the world's most powerful dams.

儘管我們是從遠處端詳它，但這個鏡頭着實向我們華麗地展示了世界上最強悍的大壩。

The Xiluodu Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River in China - which was built with 240 million cubic feet (6.8 million cubic metres) of concrete - spews out a record 164 feet (50 metres) of water per second when it is in full flow.

溪洛渡水力發電站坐落在中國的金沙江（四川和雲南交界處）畔，這個大壩用掉了680萬立方米混凝土，當大壩蓄滿水時候開閘放水的速度突破每秒50米下降水位的記錄。

Standing 937 feet (285.5 metres) tall it is one of tallest dams around - measuring almost six times the height of Niagara Falls. New video clips taken from the sky shows water violently cascading through the giant artificial barrier with mist filling the surrounding steep-cut valley.

大壩高285.5米，是世界上最高的大壩，據測量是尼亞加拉瀑布的6倍高。最新的航拍視頻裏可以看到水從大壩中衝出，濺起的水霧瀰漫整個峽谷。

Xiluodu which opened in July 2013 is the world's third-largest hydropower station. It took eight years and 79.2 billion yuan (￡9 billion) to construct the beast.

2013年投入使用的溪洛渡水電站是世界上第三大水電站。建成這個巨型水電站耗資792億元人民幣，工程歷經8年完工。

Last year it received global recognition after the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) awarded the station as a FIDIC Outstanding Project of the Jianxin an engineering director with the project's contractor China Three Gorges Corporation said the 'intelligent management system' of the dam won the judges over.

去年獲得國際諮詢工程師聯合會傑出建築獎，作爲三峽集團的工程指導，廖建新說到是大壩的智能管理系統贏得了大會的認可。

'The digital dam in a nutshell consists of the thermometer strain gauge and other detecting equipment in the concrete of the dam.

大壩的智能管理系統是由無數溫度檢測儀器和其他檢測設備組成。

'The whole construction process was monitored by these equipment which gives a real-time account of the stress state and condition of the dam for the convenience of adjustment' said Liao.

廖工程師說，在整個大壩施工過程中，對大壩的受力情況進行實時檢測預警，並有相應對策。

The Three Gorges Dam also in China is the world's largest power station in terms of power output.

三峽大壩是中國也是世界上最大的水力發電站。

This is then followed by the Itaipu Dam on the Paraná River between Brazil and Paraguay. Xiluodu scores third place.

世界上第二大水電站是坐落在巴西和巴拉圭交接的巴拉那河上的伊泰普水電站，溪洛渡水電站緊隨其後成爲世界第三大水電站。