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Three Gorges Dam. Type: Dam. Description: hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, China. Categories: gravity dam, boat lift and hydroelectric power station. Location: Yichang, Hubei, South-central China, China, East Asia, Asia. View on OpenStreetMap.
The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 三峡大坝; traditional Chinese: 三峽大壩; pinyin: Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges.
Three Gorges Dam, dam on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) just west of the city of Yichang in China. The largest dam in the world, it allows the navigation of oceangoing freighters, generates hydroelectric power, and may offer flood protection.
View of the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The dam is located in the areas of Xilingxia gorge, one of the three gorges of the Yangtze river. Three Gorges Dam crossing the river at Sandouping, Yichang, in Hubei province. The dam will control a drainage area of 1 million km 2 .
Located in Sandouping (三斗坪), Yichang City, Hubei Province, 38km from Gezhouba Water Control Project at the downstream, Three Gorges Dam is the main work of Three Gorges Project, which is the largest hydropower project in the world.
Three Gorges Gam Maps include the location map of the Three Gorges Dam, as well as the layout of the whole project, giving you the visualized images of the dam.
The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest power station, with 22,500 MW of installed capacity (Three Gorges Dam: The World's Largest Hydroelectric Plant). This massive engineering project began construction in 1994 and was completed in 2015, when the last of 34 turbines was brought into production.
The Three Gorges Dam was constructed at Sandouping (三斗坪), Yichang (宜昌) in Hubei Province (湖北), in the middle of Xiling Gorge. On May 20, 2006, the reservoir dam was completed, and the water level quickly reached the initial level of 110 meters (360 ft) above the downstream river.
Yangtze River maps include its location and section maps, water system map, Yangtze cruise itinerary map, Three Gorges and Three Gorges Dam maps.
The ship lifts, locks and shipping channel of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. With a length spanning 1.4 miles, and a height of 607 ft, the Three Gorges Dam is the largest dam in the world.