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The Three Gorges Dam
- Advantages
- Controls flooding downstream.
- Provides water
to both urban
and agricultural
areas.
- HEP will provide 15%
of China's electricity
demand and hence
reduce pressure &
dependeny on coal.
- There are 32 turbines on the Dam, each can produce 50,000 kw.
- Total produced is equal to 20
nuclear power plants.
- Total produced is equal to 20
nuclear power plants.
- There are 32 turbines on the Dam, each can produce 50,000 kw.
- Thousands of
construction
jobs were
created.
- The dam will become a
tourist attraction and pull
many people to the area.
- Boost for the economy.
- Boost for the economy.
- Built to withstand an
earthquake of 7.0 on
the Richter scale.
- Controls flooding downstream.
- Disadvantages
- Downstream areas will be
deprived of fertile sediment.
- 1.3million people were
forced to relocate.
- Lost / Submerged
- 1,000+ archaeological &
historical sites have also
been lost or submerged.
- 100+ towns &
villages have
become
submerged.
- 1,000+ archaeological &
historical sites have also
been lost or submerged.
- 265 billion gallons of raw sewage is
dumped in the river annually but is
prevented from flowing down stream.
- City of Chongqing is a major contributor.
- City of Chongqing is a major contributor.
- Several species of animals & plants
have become threatended.
- Chinese River Dolphin.
- Chinese River Dolphin.
- Increase in landslides
and seismic activity.
- Downstream areas will be
deprived of fertile sediment.
- About the Yangtze
- 3rd longest river in the world.
- Bank to bank 1.3 miles wide.
- Bank to bank 1.3 miles wide.
- Floods reguarly, with a severe floods
occuring on average every 10 years.
- 1998 an area the size of
New Zealand flooded.
- $30billion USD worth of
damage was caused.
- $30billion USD worth of
damage was caused.
- 300,000+ people have died as
a result of the Yangtze floods.
- Catchment area is 1/5 of China.
- 360million+ people live in the
watershed of the Yangtze.
- 3rd longest river in the world.
- Other...
- 510,000 tons of steel was
used - enough to build the
Eiffel Tower 60 times.
- 510,000 tons of steel was
used - enough to build the
Eiffel Tower 60 times.
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