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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.
20 lip 2024 · Due to the heavy rains in upstream Sichuan and Shaanxi, the water levels in the Fujiang River, a tributary of the Jialing River, rose rapidly. By 9:00 AM on July 18, the flow rate at the Xiaoheba...
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.
7 sie 2020 · The following images were captured by PlanetScope 3-meter resolution satellites and processed by ProImagery. Chongqing. Chongqing, which sits at the headwaters of the dam on the Yangtze River, began experiencing torrential rain and severe flooding on July 15.
16 lip 2024 · Water gushes out from the Three Gorges Dam through nine of its flood discharge gates to spare more capacity for incoming floods from upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in central China's...
9 cze 2022 · Since Nov 11, 2021, this round of water level draw-down is part of flood control work to ensure safety along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. [Photo/Xinhua] A ship travels upstream of the Three Gorges Dam near Zigui county, Yichang city, Central China’s Hubei province, on June 8, 2022.
26 maj 2021 · The water authorities have upgraded their emergency flood control response level for the Yangtze River basin after a continuous rise in water levels. In Wuhan, the water level rose to 24.78 meters (81 feet) on Tuesday, 4.01 meters higher than the same period in previous years, and not far from the warning level of 27.3 meters