The Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters ... along the Yangtze river basin as the water level in the Three Gorges Dam reservoir has risen to 161.1 metres, the highest ever in July ...

Residents of Jingzhou, Hubei province, say Three Gorges Dam, which started to retain water in 2003, provides great protection from floods. The city, about 220 km from Wuhan, the provincial capital, is ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even ...

But opponents say the flood control capability of the Three Gorges Dam is limited, and it could even make the problem worse in the long term.

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 ...

What would happen if the Three Gorges Dam suddenly failed? From mass flooding to economic ruin, we break down the terrifying consequences of a potential dam disaster in China. Could this be one of ...

In 2020, unusually heavy rains led to the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang having the highest ... water flow in that reservoir helped to mitigate flooding, but this inundation still affected 45 million ...

When the Three Gorges Dam - the largest hydroelectric dam in ... As a bonus, the dam reduces the likelihood of flooding of the Yangtze River downstream, that have killed millions of people on ...

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the chosen dam site just downstream of the world-famous Three Gorges scenic area; in December, Premier Li Peng formally declared the project open. The Chinese government has offered overseas ...

That would more than triple the 88.2 billion kWh designed capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, currently the world’s largest, in central China. The project will play a major role in meeting China ...

The Three Gorges Dam, China’s marvel on the Yangtze River, is one of the world’s largest engineering projects—the product of 37 million cubic yards of concrete. Its final feature ...