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Massive Structural Concerns at the Three Gorges Dam
the Three Gorges Dam is showing signs of deformation, sparking fears about its long-term stability. As one of the largest engineering projects ever built, any structural failure could have ...
This Controversial Chinese Dam Is So Big It Messed With the Planet
The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even ...
National Review4y
The Risks of China’s Three Gorges Dam’s Flooding
older dams upriver from Three Gorges overflow or fail, then the pressure on the main dam could quickly overwhelm either its capacity or even its structural integrity. While an outright failure of ...
Human Rights Watch8y
THE THREE GORGES DAM IN CHINA
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 ...
朝日新聞社4y
Water levels at China’s Three Gorges near maximum after flooding rains
SHANGHAI--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 ...
Daily Express1mon
The incredible £29.3bn and160m high ship lift that's the world's biggest
When the Three Gorges Dam - the largest hydroelectric dam in the world - was built it put a very large obstacle in the way of a trade route that had bee used for hundreds of years. So, to solve ...
中国日报网5mon
New Three Gorges, New Life
Silt accumulation will not be a problem for the massive reservoir of the Three Gorges dam project, Chinese officials said here on Tuesday. Wushan County plans to make full use of its rich tourism ...
Harvard Business School7y
U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Gorges Dam (A), The
Lodge, George C., and Cate Reavis. "U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Gorges Dam (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 900-017, May 2000. (Revised July 2000.) ...
National Geographic news4y
An Elevator for 3,000-Ton Ships, Thanks to Archimedes
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 ...
MercoPress4y
Yangtze River flooding question the role played by the massive Three Gorges Dam
the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny. Amid some of the heaviest rainfall on record ...
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China ‘sends’ Three Gorges Dam to space: 10 MW produced out of nothing
The Asian country intends to install a solar farm in space. One scientist has compared it to building a Three Gorges Dam hydroelectric project in orbit, just with a function of harvesting a different ...