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The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 三峡大坝; traditional Chinese: 三峽大壩; pinyin: Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges.
24 paź 2024 · Three Gorges Dam, dam on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) just west of the city of Yichang in China. The largest dam in the world, it allows the navigation of oceangoing freighters, generates hydroelectric power, and may offer flood protection.
Three Gorges Dam. Overview: The Three Gorges Dam site is 27 miles upstream from Yichang City proper, at Sandouping Town, 38km upstream from the Gezhouba Dam Lock, inside the third of the Three Gorges. It is planned to be by far the largest hydroelectric project in the world.
6 cze 2018 · In the United States, the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, Washington, is the largest, with a generating capacity of about 6,800 MW (5th overall worldwide). The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China is the world's biggest hydroelectric facility.
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.
5 mar 2020 · Three Gorges Yangtze River Dam is the largest concrete gravity dam, also a water-control project with best benefits worldwide so far. Its installed gross capacity is 22.5 million kWh, and the annual generating capacity can reach over 100 billion kWh, which is mainly transferred to Hubei, Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Shanghai, Jiangsu ...
18 lut 2024 · The New China Dam, or Three Gorges Dam, is located on the Yangtze River and is the world's largest dam in size and hydroelectric production. It measures 7,661 feet long, 610 feet tall, and 377 feet wide at the base and produces 22,500 megawatts of energy with the use of thirty-two generators; that is 11 times more powerful than Hoover Dam.
