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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 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 ...
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. With ...
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 ...
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 ...
By July 20, the Yangtze River at the Three Gorges Dam experienced its highest river discharge since the dam was built. The dam's outflow released 40,000 m 3 /s of water, with 30,000 m 3 /s of the river flow held back behind the dam, after water levels in the Reservoir rose four metres (13 ft) overnight. [66]
A typical cruise ship similar to Dongfang zhi Xing used to tour the Three Gorges rivers. Additional search efforts were made to locate survivors or bodies up to 220 kilometres (140 miles) downstream of the wreck. [34] The Three Gorges Dam upriver was instructed to cut water flow rates by half in order to lower the river levels for the rescue ...
Parts of the mountain town of 5,000 people were swamped when a dam burst last weekend during Central Europe's worst floods in more than two decades that have caused billions of dollars of damage ...