Information about the Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam, located in Sandouping Town, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, is 38km away from the downstream Gezhouba Water Control Project. It is the main project of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station, the core landscape of the Three Gorges Dam tourist area and the eastern end of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the largest hydropower project in the world today.

the three Gorges dam project consists of two parts: the main building and the diversion project, with a total length of about 3,335 m and a dam crest elevation of 185 m. the total investment of the project is 95.46 billion RMB. construction was officially started on December 14, 1994, and the whole line was successfully completed on may 2, 26. In December 215, the Three Gorges Dam was selected as one of the 3 best new tourist landscapes in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. Extended information

The dam site of the Three Gorges Project is selected in Sandouping, Yichang City, about 4 kilometers upstream of the completed Gezhouba Water Control Project. The Yangtze River water transport can reach the dam area directly. After the project started, a quasi-first-class special highway with a length of about 28 kilometers from Yichang to the construction site and a river-crossing bridge-Xiling Yangtze River Bridge 4 kilometers downstream of the dam were built. A number of piers in the dam area have also been built. The dam area has good traffic conditions.

The Three Gorges Project of the Yangtze River adopts the scheme of "one-level development, one-time completion, water storage by stages and continuous resettlement". The total construction period of the project was ***17 years from 1993 to 29, which was divided into three stages. By 29, the project was completely completed.

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