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| --Brief Introduction |
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China's Three
Gorges Project is the largest water conservation project in the world.
Taking the total amount of concrete work as one example, the Three Gorges
Project totals 26.43 million cubic meters, 2.5 times the figure for the
Gezhouba Barrage project and twice that of the Itaipu project in Brazil,
which is currently the largest water conservation projects in the world.
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| --Facts & Statistics |
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World's Largest Water Conservation Project -- World's Largest
Hydropower Plant -- Three Gorges Project to Take 17
Years -- Fund sources -- Charm of Three Gorges to
Remain Full coverage
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| --News |
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--Tourism booms as Three Gorges Dam in steady
operation --China announces ship ban to
protect Three Gorges reservoir --Third Three Gorges generator
connected to power grid --Second generator at Three
Gorges starts formal operation --Another 25,000 residents
relocated to make way for Three Gorges project --Three Gorges Project offers
new business opportunities --New task schedule for Three
Gorges Project announced --Water quality stable at Three
Gorges after water storage More |
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| --Construction Timetable |
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--First phase:
1993-1997
(five years) --Second phase: 1998-2003 (six
years) --Third phase: 2004-2009 (six years) Full
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| --Dam of the Three Gorges Project |
The
Three Gorges Project is designed with a concrete gravity dam with a crest
elevation of 185 meters and maximum height of 175 meters. The dam axis
runs 2,309. 47 meters long, which is even longer than the noted Grand
Coulee Dam of US. Full
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| --History &
Chronology |
Early Chinese revolutionist Sun Yatsen first
proposed to dam on yangtze River in the year of 1919. In an article
written in both English and Chinese, he illustrated the benefits of this
project in terms of power generating and navigation. Full
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