Where is the Three Gorges Dam? It is a must in Sandouping Town, Yichang City, Hubei Province.

The Three Gorges Dam is a famous water conservancy project in China and the core landscape of the Three Gorges Scenic Area. So where is the Three Gorges Dam? Let's take a look today.

Where is the Three Gorges Dam?

1 Three Gorges Dam, located in Sandouping Town, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, 38km away from the downstream Gezhouba Water Control Project, is the largest hydropower project in the world, the main project of the Three Gorges Hydropower Project and an important part of the Three Gorges Scenic Area.

2. Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge constitute the Three Gorges. The Three Gorges Yangtze River trunk line is located in Chongqing, China and Yichang, Hubei. The Three Gorges Dam is located near Sandouping in the upper reaches of Yichang City, and forms a cascade hydropower station with Gezhouba Hydropower Station in the lower reaches. This is the largest hydropower project in China. As well as the resulting immigration, environment and many other issues, the city has been accompanied by many controversies from the beginning.

3. The construction of Three Gorges Reservoir is divided into two main projects: one is the main structure, and the other is diversion. The dam is a concrete gravity dam with a crest height of 3035m, a crest height of185m, a reservoir water level of175m and a storage capacity of 39.3 billion cubic meters. There are 32 single-machine 700,000-kilowatt hydro-generator sets and 2 50,000-kilowatt power stations on both sides of the Three Gorges Dam, with a total installed capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world. The Three Gorges Dam won the record of the world's largest water conservancy project in world record association.

Characteristics of Three Gorges Dam

The construction of the Three Gorges Dam is divided into two parts, the first part is the main building, and the second part is the diversion project. The total length of the Three Gorges Dam is 3,335 meters, and the highest position is 65,438 0.85 meters. The investment of the whole project is 95.46 billion yuan. The Three Gorges Dam 1.994 was started and completed in May 2006. In 2000, the power provided by the Three Gorges Dam has exceeded 654.38+000 billion kWh, setting a world record.

The construction scheme adopted in the construction of the Three Gorges Dam is completed at one time, which can store water in stages and allow continuous migration. During the construction period, * * * will be divided into three stages, from 1993 to 2009, which will be completed step by step according to Phase I, Phase II and Phase III projects. The reservoir occupies 4310.3 million mu of cultivated land, and the local people's resettlement costs reach more than 30 billion.