the Three Gorges Dam is showing signs of deformation, sparking fears about its long-term stability. As one of the largest engineering projects ever built, any structural failure could have ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even ...

older dams upriver from Three Gorges overflow or fail, then the pressure on the main dam could quickly overwhelm either its capacity or even its structural integrity. While an outright failure of ...

When the Three Gorges Dam - the largest hydroelectric dam in the world - was built it put a very large obstacle in the way of a trade route that had bee used for hundreds of years. So, to solve ...

the chosen dam site just downstream of the world-famous Three Gorges scenic area; in December, Premier Li Peng formally declared the project open. The Chinese government has offered overseas ...

Silt accumulation will not be a problem for the massive reservoir of the Three Gorges dam project, Chinese officials said here on Tuesday. Wushan County plans to make full use of its rich tourism ...

The Three Gorges Dam, China’s marvel on the Yangtze River, is one of the world’s largest engineering projects—the product of 37 million cubic yards of concrete. Its final feature ...

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The Three Gorges project alone has cut downstream floodwaters by 34 percent, officials said. But opponents say the flood control capability of the Three Gorges Dam is limited, and it could even ...

the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny. Amid some of the heaviest rainfall on record ...

That would more than triple the 88.2 billion kWh designed capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, currently the world’s largest, in central China. The project will play a major role in meeting China ...