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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 December 2024. Dam in Yiling District, Hubei, China Dam in Yiling District, Hubei Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 The dam in September 2009 Location in Hubei Province Show map of Hubei Three Gorges Dam (China) Show map of China Country China Location Sandouping, Yiling District, Hubei Coordinates 30°49 ...
The Three Gorges (simplified Chinese: 三峡; traditional Chinese: 三峽; pinyin: Sānxiá ⓘ) are three adjacent and sequential gorges along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River path, in the hinterland of the People's Republic of China. With a subtropical monsoon climate, they are known for their scenery.
The tallest dam in China is the Jinping-I Dam at 305 m (1,001 ft), an arch dam, which is also the tallest dam in the world. The largest reservoir is created by the Three Gorges Dam, which stores 39.3 billion m 3 (31,900,000 acre feet) of water and has a surface area of 1,045 km 2 (403 sq mi). Three Gorges is also the world's largest power station.
As China counts the costs of its most punishing flood season in more than three decades, the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river ...
Water levels at China's giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high, official data showed on Friday ...
By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, ... Three Gorges Dam China: 2008 27.4 [9] 181 39.3 22,500 PG 23 Indira Sagar Dam
The Three Gorges Dam in 2006 Diagram showing dams planned for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. As of 2007, there are two dams built on the Yangtze river: Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam. The Three Gorges Dam is the largest power station in the world by installed capacity, at 22.5 GW.
The Three Gorges cruise has been known for a long time. Li Bai, one of the most important poets of the Tang dynasty wrote about his cruise in the famous poem (早發白帝城) in 759 AD: "Leaving the White Imperial Castle in the morning, Reaching Jingzhou was a quick day trip; Hearing monkeys on both banks, our light boat sped through the mountains".