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23 lip 2020 · Today the watershed is dotted with tens of thousands of reservoirs, and its rivers are spanned by numerous dams. During the 2020 summer monsoon, floodwater was being held, or “absorbed,” by 2,297 reservoirs in the region, including the one behind Three Gorges Dam.
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20 lip 2024 · By 9:00 AM on July 18, the flow rate at the Xiaoheba station had surged to 9,160 cubic meters per second. The Yangtze River Water Resources ...more. Due to the heavy rains in upstream Sichuan and...
An important function of the dam is to control flooding, which is a major problem for the seasonal river of the Yangtze. Millions of people live downstream of the dam, with many large, important cities like Wuhan , Nanjing , and Shanghai located adjacent to the river.
21 sie 2020 · The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is nearing capacity after weeks of record floods in China. Authorities have had to reassure people the massive structure will hold.
18 lut 2022 · Five severe floods occurred in the Yangtze River Basin, China, between July and August 2020, and the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) located in the middle Yangtze River experienced the highest...
29 paź 2024 · Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), longest river in both China and Asia and third longest river in the world, with a length of 3,915 miles (6,300 km). From its source on the Plateau of Tibet to its mouth on the East China Sea, the river traverses or serves as the border between 10 provinces or regions.
