Which provinces will be flooded when the Three Gorges burst its banks?

The breach of the Three Gorges Dam will flood the areas below the Three Gorges, as long as the Yangtze River passes through Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces.

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station was approved by the National People's Congress of China in 1992 and officially started construction in 1994. On the afternoon of June 1 2003, water storage and power generation began, and it was fully completed in 2009.

The Three Gorges Dam is located in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, 38 kilometers 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 Hydropower Station is the largest hydropower station and clean energy base in the world and the largest construction project in China. Many issues, such as migration and environment, have been accompanied by great controversy since the moment of preparation. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station has more than ten functions such as shipping, power generation and planting.