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There is little relief in sight, and the Yangtze River is now above flood level ... structures of the massive Three Gorges Dam deformed due to the building water pressure. Stunning pictures ...
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 ...
In April 1992, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) formally approved the “Resolution on the Construction of the Yangtze River ... s biggest-ever river dam project.
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 ...
Take a flight of discovery high above the Three Gorges Dam in China, the largest hydroelectric dam in the world, with ...
Nearly 4,000 miles long, the Yangtze has watered civilizations for millennia—and laid waste to them too. The eighth-century poet Li Bai wrote that navigating the river was "even harder than ...
More than 50,000 dams have been built in the Yangtze basin since 1950, and more are planned. Dams divert and disrupt the natural flows of the river, which affects wildlife and people. During ...
The death knell for the species probably came with the construction of the first dam on the Yangtze River, the Gezhouba Dam, which began operating in the late 1980s. The dam, located about ...
One of Asia's busiest waterways needs help to restore smooth sailing and boost regional economies, experts say China's ...
“This new ship is the first to take full advantage of the increased water level of the Yangtze as a result of the Three Gorges Dam,” spokesperson Larry Greenman said The world's largest river ...
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 ...