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China has lots of natural beauty waiting for visitors to discover, but few spots are more striking than this unique landmark ...
As flood No. 2 hit the upper Yangtze River, the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, China, saw its water level rise to over 544 feet on July 14. In response, the dam opened six floodgates, releasing ...
Photoessay on Three Gorges Dam on China's mighty Yangtze River; dam is world's largest in terms of water displacement, flood control and power generation; could restrain summer swells that ...
The Yangtze River is surrounded by many landmarks worth visiting. Although the scenery changed slightly after the dam’s construction, each site, especially the dam, still proudly boasts its intricate ...
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Using enough explosives to level 400 ten-story buildings, China demolished the last barrier holding back the mighty Yangtze River from the Three Gorges Dam on Tuesday, according to government ...
Caption Map of the Yangtze River Delta, within which the Tai Lake Basin is characterised by low-lying lands. Source: Nolf et al., Delta Management in Evolution: A Comparative Review of the Yangtze ...
Chinese state media also reported that that the Three Gorges dam has fuelled drought and disease, most notably as the Yangtze river reported its lowest level at 142 years in 2008.
Wan Jinjun, a 62-year-old retiree who has swum the Yangtze River almost every day for the past decade in Wuhan, said he’s never seen a drought like this before. An extreme summer has taken a ...
News about Three Gorges Dam, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.