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The Gezhouba Dam or Gezhouba Water Control Project (Chinese: 长江葛洲坝水利枢纽工程) on the Yangtze River is located in the western suburbs of Yichang, in central China's Hubei province.
1 sty 2011 · Using 50 years of hydrologic and bathymetric data, we show that construction of ~ 50,000 dams throughout the Yangtze River watershed, particularly the 2003 closing of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD), has resulted in downstream channel erosion and coarsening of bottom sediment, and erosion of the Yangtze's subaqueous delta.
Maps of Yangtze Dams. Map A – Hydro dams built, under construction, and planned on the main channel of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (from Yibin to Yichang) Click Image to Enlarge.
The Three Gorges Dam Project under construction on the Yangtze River in the People’s Republic of China offers geographers and educators a topic of global significance, a wealth of accessible resources and plentiful opportunities for developing geographic literacy.
THE THREE GORGES PROJECT IN CHINA Joseph Whitney Introduction In China, the idea of constructing a major dam on the mighty Yangtze (Changjiang) River (Figure 1) dates back to the early part of this century when Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the Chinese Republic, first suggested the feasibility of this project. Present plans
The idea of building a gigantic dam on the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges area was proposed more than 80 years ago by Sun Yat-sen. After severe flooding along the river in the 1950s, Chairman Mao Tse Tung vowed to speed up construction of a massive dam but nothing significant happened for several more decades.
25 maj 2015 · The Three Gorges dam being built on the Yangtze river in southern China (Figs 1 and 2) is being designed to alleviate flooding in the industrial and agricultural areas downstream of the dam as well as to supplement urban water supplies in northern China, including the city of Beijing.
