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Several smaller, far less expensive, and less problematic dams on the Yangtze tributaries, according to some Chinese and foreign engineers, could produce as much electricity as the Three Gorges Dam and regulate flooding almost as effectively.
1 kwi 2021 · The Three Gorges Dam (TGD), on the upper valley of the Yangtze River, China, is the largest water conservancy and power generation project in the world. Problematic sedimentation in the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) is related to the reservoir lifetime, hydropower generation, riverbed erosion, and sustainable development of ecosystems.
1 lut 2024 · Understanding the long-term variations in basins that undergo large-scale hydroelectric projects is crucial for effective dam operation and watershed management. In this study, comprehensive analyses were conducted on a dataset spanning over 20 years (1998–2018) of hydrological regime and physicochemical parameters from the Yangtze River ...
1 lip 2018 · The Three Gorges Dam (TGD), located upstream of the Yangtze River, is the largest hydroelectric project in the world. The operation of TGD has changed the spatial and temporal distribution of...
The Yangtze TGP is a key backbone project for harnessing and controlling the Yangtze River with huge scale and outstanding benefits. It is also one of the largest water conservancy projects in the world and a world-class multi-purpose project. TGP dam is located at Sandoupin, Yichang City of Hubei Province, 40 km upstream of Gezhouba
8 cze 2010 · The Three Gorges Project provides opportunities for grand-scale experiments on the environmental, ecological, and socio-economic impacts of large dams.
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.
