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	Three Gorges Dam
		The Three Gorges Dam will be the largest hydropower station and dam in the world, with a 1.2 mile stretch of concrete and a 370 mile-long reservoir and 525 feet deep.
		The dam project became politicized by the CCP leaders desire to continue with the plan in the face of the demonstrations.
		The Three Gorges area begins at Baidicheng in Fengjie County, Sichuan Province, and ends at Nanjinguan in Yichang County, Hubei province, a distance of 193 kilometers.
	www.american.edu /ted/THREEDAM.htm (3129 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Three Gorges Dam
		Probe International asserts that the dam does not address the real source of flooding, which is the loss of forest cover in the Yangtze watershed and the loss of 13,000 km² of lakes (which had greatly helped to alleviate floods) due to siltation, reclamation and uncontrolled development.
		Critics warn that such a dam would destroy the delicate ecosystem of the river, killing most of the fish in the river at the site of construction and causing a great deal of pollution because the river would no longer be "flushed" by the current, but would instead remain basically a stagnant year round.
		A dam along the muddy waters of the Yangtze could be particularly prone to siltation, the buildup of sediment in the reservoir behind the dam.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Three-Gorges-Dam (6548 words)

	Three Gorges Introduction, Yangtze Attractions, Three Gorges Dam
		The Three Gorges consist of Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge, from west to east, with each of them boasting a distinctive flavor.
		During the period of Three Kingdoms (220-280) the Three Gorges region was a strategic point fought over by Wu Kingdom and Shu Kingdom; maybe the remaining relics can make you feel the traces of the warring times.
		The on-gonging Three Gorges Project in the middle section of Xiling Gorge caused water levels along the gorges region to rise accordingly.
	www.yangtzerivertour.com /three_gorges (534 words)

	Applications of Geography: The Three Gorges Dam
		Construction for a multibillion dollar dam upstream from one of China's largest industrial and residential cities that could help control flooding was begun in 1994 by the Chinese government.
		This dam would also provide hydroelectric power to the country and, by increasing the width of the river, could create a large waterway that would potentially allow oceangoing ships to travel a thousand miles inland to the city of Chongqing.
		Finally, many fear that flooding caused by the dam would force between 1 and 2 million Chinese people to lose their homes and be forced to move elsewhere.
	library.thinkquest.org /27384/dam.html (317 words)

	Three Gorges Dam Project: 3 Gorges Dam in China
		Not only is the Three Gorges Dam Project the largest water conservancy project in China, but also the largest water conservancy project in the world, mainly comprising of three large parts: the dam, the hydropower stations and the navigation buildings.
		After the implementation of the Three Gorges Dam Project, the normal pool level of the reservoir will be 175 m, and the total storage capacity 39.3 billion cubic meters; the total acreage of the reservoir is 1084 sq.km.
		The fact is that the Three Gorges Dam Project is "the Patron Saint" to ensure 23, 000, 0000 mu farmland and 15 million people's safety of lives and properties in the down river area of the Changjiang.
	www.jiang-kasten.de /dam.htm (981 words)

	Pictures and Photoes of the Three Gorges Dam Project
		Hence the natural flow of the mighty river at the Three Gorges is cut.
		The Three Gorges Dam will incorporate a Power Station, to be the largest of its kind in the world, with a total installed capacity of 18,200 MW, generating 84.7 billion KWH, or one-ninth of the national total generated power, a year.
		The Three Gorges, one of the famous sightseeing attraction in China, consist of Qutang, Wuxia and Xiling Gorges, stretch 192 kilometers from Baidicheng (White Emperor City) in Chongqing in the west, to Yichang in Hubei Province in the east.
	www.tourroundchina.com /album/3-gorges-dam.htm (250 words)

	Three Gorges Dam (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Three Gorges Dam, planned to be finished in 2009, began to impound water in June 2003 and is producing electricity, running five turbines from an eventual total of 26.
		Liu said the dam is equipped with 23 deep outlets, and that leading up to flood season each June, the water level of the dam will be drawn down to 140 meters.
		Chen responded that the dolphin’s primary habitat is 100 kilometers downstream of the dam, and that construction and dam operation should not affect the dolphin’s habitat.
	www.usembassy-china.org.cn /sandt/ptr/three-gorges-prt.htm (1197 words)

	Three Gorges Dam - The Great Wall Across the Yangtze
		One million people have been displaced by the dam as of 2006; many are living under poor conditions with no recourse to address outstanding problems with compensation or resettlement.
		Tidal wetlands on the Yangtze delta near Shanghai are in danger of disappearing because of sediment trapped in the Three Gorges Dam, New Scientist, April 19, 2006.
		The Three Gorges Dam is already threatening one of the world’s biggest fisheries in the East China Sea.
	www.irn.org /programs/threeg (625 words)

	The Three Gorges Dam Project - constructing the largest dam in the world
		It was his enthusiasm, along with that of Zhou Enlai, that precipitated the construction in the 1970s of the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangzi, the precursor to The Three Gorges Dam.
		A corollary to the flood control benefit of the three gorges dam project is the plan to construct a 600 kilometer canal from the three gorges reservoir to Beijing.
		One of these, the Gezhouba Dam, the first dam to be built on the Yangzi, was partly intended as a direct precursor to the Three Gorges Dam.
	www.imperialtours.net /3gorges_dam.htm (990 words)

	Magnum Search results for: Three Gorges Dam - China. 2002
		The Sandouping (Three Gorges) dam is intended to bring succour to many millions in terms of hydro electricity, freedom from flooding and fresh drinking water but in doing so will inundate the Three Gorges themselves, part of the fledgling tourist attraction of the Yangtze cruises.
		Once through the gorges themselves, the dam itself in the Hubei province is already the world's biggest and concrete is still being poured.
		The Gezhou dam which could be seen as a pilot for the planned Three Gorges dam and which was built under political pressure from chairman Mao himself has proved to be a total failure in its original aim to produce electricity for cities as far away as Shanghai.
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	Geotimes - August 2003 - China Fills Three Gorges Dam
		A dam along the muddy waters of the Yangtze could be particularly prone to siltation, the buildup of sediment in the reservoir behind the dam.
		Located in a seismic zone, the Three Gorges is also at risk for earthquakes or rockslides that could rupture the dam or cause a water surge.
		Although the Three Gorges Dam is expected to boost China’s economy and improve the standard of living, many wonder whether the benefits are worth the costs.
	www.geotimes.org /aug03/NN_dam.html (657 words)

	Three Gorges Dam - controversial attraction
		This past year, perhaps 20 million tourists flooded the Three Gorges, hungry for a final look at the scenery before the dam turns much of this river into a 650-kilometer long lake, half the length of California.
		Changes should be minimal in the Three Gorges, Chinese officials say, with water levels in Qutang and Wuxia gorges set to rise by 9-16 meters.
		Dam backers note that new homes will be wired with electricity and other modern facilities, unlike the mostly medieval huts being replaced.
	www.gluckman.com /ThreeGorgesDam.html (1415 words)

	Three Gorges Dam - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		The Three Gorges Dam is a 15 year project (1994 to 2009) and will cost about US $30 billion.
		Proponents for the dam validly argue that the dam creates needed electric power, controls floods (which saves lives), aids irrigation and improves navigation, among other benefits.
		The Three Gorges Dam is 615 kilometers (380 miles) east of Chongqing city and 670 kilometers (420 miles) west of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /china/three_gorges_dam.htm (349 words)

	Three Gorges Dam nears completion
		Thirteen years after construction began on the Three Gorges Dam on China's biggest river, work on the project often compared to the Great Wall in its scale is nearly complete.
		Besides generating massive hydroelectricity, the dam has been designed to control the flooding that has through the ages repeatedly laid waste to farms, towns and cities along the middle reaches of the river.
		The Three Gorges project was originally planned to produce nearly 83 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, transmitted over a radius of one thousand kilometers.
	en.ce.cn /National/Local/200604/18/t20060418_6733104.shtml (685 words)

	Three Gorges dam to facilitate flood control ahead of time
		The Three Gorges Project, whose mammoth dam was completed on Saturday, will acquire the capability of combating a super big flood occurring once in 100 years as of this year and will start to take effect in flood control two years ahead of schedule.
		Launched in 1993, the Three Gorges Project, including the 2,309-meter-long, 185-meter-high dam with 26 power generators, is being built in three phases on the middle reaches of the Yangtze, China's longest river.
		The Three Gorges dam, situated on the Yichang section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province, is not only the most splendid concrete gravity dam in the world, but also a high-quality and reliable one, Pan Jiazheng said Saturday.
	english.gov.cn /2006-05/20/content_286525.htm (829 words)

	THE THREE GORGES DAM
		The dam is located near the mouth of the lowest of the Three Gorges, where the current was divided in two by an island.
		The dam is only part of a larger project to alleviate poverty in rural areas, which until now have relied almost solely on the river for transport.
		Most travellers often feel the Three Gorges trip to be the perfect break from the clamour of China, and a cruise on the Yangtze is likely to remain one of the most pleasant memories of many China trips to come.
	www.discoveryangtze.com /Yangtzediscovery/three_gorges_dam.htm (880 words)

	The Three Gorges dam \| Gallery \| Guardian Unlimited
		The waters of the Yangtze river surge into the basin behind the world's largest dam project after the cofferdam is demolished with a string of 555 explosions in May 2002.
		A tourist boat passes by a section of the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze river at Sandouping in Hubei province.
		The dam, which will be the largest in the world when it is completed, will result in water levels up to 110m higher than current levels, flooding many towns and villages.
	www.guardian.co.uk /gall/0,8542,835373,00.html (251 words)

	Three Gorges Dam
		It is believed that the dam was a contributing factor in the extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin.
		Sun Yat-sen first proposed building a dam on the Yangtze River in 1919 for power generation purposes and the National Defense Planning Commission under the Kuomintang made the first survey of the proposed site in 1932, but the idea was shelved due to unfavorable political and economic conditions.
		Probe International asserts that the dam does not address the real source of flooding, which is the loss of forest cover in the Yangtze watershed and the loss of 13,000 km² of lakes (which had greatly helped to alleviate floods) due to siltation, reclamation and uncontrolled development.
	www.globalguide.org /?lat=30.827778&long=111.009167&zoom=5&name=Three_Gorges_Dam&wiki=0&title=Three_Gorges_Dam (3675 words)

	CNN In-Depth Specials - Visions of China - Asian Superpower: China's Three Gorges Dam
		Many high-ranking Chinese officials expect the dam to become a potent symbol of their nation's vitality in the new century and the new millennium.
		The Three Gorges project is seen as an important future source of energy for China's growing electrical consumption.
		Dai calls Three Gorges "the most environmentally and socially destructive project in the world." She also calls for a halt to construction and supports the idea of a series of smaller, less disruptive construction projects on tributaries of the Yangzi.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/1999/china.50/asian.superpower/three.gorges (1638 words)

	Great Wall Across the Yangtze, Three Gorges Dam
		The Three Gorges Dam is both a marvel of engineering and the greatest challenge its designers have ever faced.
		The Three Gorges project has been engineered to store over 5 trillion gallons of water and to withstand an earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale.
		When the dam becomes operational, over a million people will have been relocated, over a thousand archeological sites will be submerged beneath the reservoir, and endangered species may be driven to extinction.
	www.pbs.org /itvs/greatwall/dam.html (413 words)

	Three Gorges Dam, Yangtze Dam - Yangtze River Cruise
		Three Gorges Dam, Yangtze Dam - Yangtze River Cruise
		The project is designed to be built in three phases and is scheduled for completion in year 2009.
		The most dramatic section of the river, what we refer to as "the heart of the Yangtze"-the area from the Three Gorges all the way upstream to Chongqing-will eventually be drowned by the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, an integral part of the Three Gorges Project.
	www.yangtzeriver.org /threegorges_dam (326 words)

	Three Gorges Dam
		The Yangtze River was completely blocked on Nov. 6, 2002 at the Three Gorges when the opening in the diversion canal of the Dam Project was closed.
		The Three Gorges Dam will incorporate a Power Station, to be the largest of its kind in the world, with a total installed capacity of 18,200 MW, generating 84.7 billion KWH, or one-ninth of the national total generated power, a year.
		The Three Gorges, one of the famous sightseeing attraction in China, consist of Qutang, Wuxia and Xiling Gorges, stretch 192 kilometers from Baidicheng (White Emperor City) in Chongqing in the west, to Yichang in Hubei Province in the east.
	www.discoverchinatours.com /cruise_dam.htm (188 words)

	China's Three Gorges Dam Completed Ahead of Schedule
		The filling of the dam reservoir to its full height, which was scheduled to be accomplished by 2009, will now be completed in 2008.
		The control storage of the Three Gorges Reservoir is 22.15 billion cubic meters; the flood causeway is 483 meters, with the maximum discharging capacity at 102,500 meters per second, also a record.
		But a primary driving force for the decision to build the Three Gorges project was the tremendous loss of life and property caused by regular flooding along the Yangtze River.
	www.larouchepub.com /other/2006/3322_three_gorges_dam.html (1310 words)

	Three Gorges Dam, China - Encyclopedia of Earth
		Three Gorges Dam, China (30°49'30" North, 111°00'23" East), crosses the Yangtze River at Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei province, China.
		The Three Gorges project has been engineered to store over 5 trillion gallons of water and to withstand an earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale.
		Critics of the Three Gorges project argue that the project’s costs may outweigh the benefits, the latter of which have allegedly been exaggerated by the government.
	www.eoearth.org /article/Three_Gorges_Dam,_China (1572 words)

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