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  2. Three Gorges - Wikipedia

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    Both the dam and the Three Gorges Reservoir has had a massive impact on the region's ecology and people, involving the mass relocation of towns and villages. [5] [6] The higher water level has changed the scenery of the Three Gorges so that the river is wider and the mountains appear lower. However, the mountains still tower above the river ...

  3. Three Gorges Dam - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. List of destroyed heritage - Wikipedia

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    The construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River caused water levels to rise, destroying entire cities and historical locations along the river. [56] [57] In 2016, the Chinese government ordered the demolition of historical houses in the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist institution. [58]

  5. Water levels at China's Three Gorges near maximum after ... - AOL

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    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. With ...

  6. Record floods raise questions about China's Three Gorges Dam

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    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 ...

  7. 1935 Yangtze flood - Wikipedia

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    In the wake of the 1935 and 1954 floods, there was increased public support for the idea. However, the project was abandoned during the second China Civil War. The plans were then resurrected in 1994 and in 2012, the dam became operational. This dam was called the Three Gorges Dam. Currently, it has the capacity to hold 22 cubic kilometres of ...

  8. 2020 China floods - Wikipedia

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    Multiple dams in the Yangtze river basin control floodwaters; the biggest and most important of these is the Three Gorges Dam with its catchment area of about 1,000,000-square-kilometre (390,000 sq mi). It was constructed not only for power generation but also for flood control. [1] By the end of June, the dam had started to release floodwaters ...

  9. Xiling Gorge - Wikipedia

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    Before the construction of the Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam, Xiling was known for being the most dangerous of the three gorges to travel through, with frightening whirlpools and strong rapids. Since the construction of the dams, the river's depth has increased from 3 metres (9.8 ft) in some areas below the dam, to well over 100 metres (330 ...