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Water storage of Three Gorges Project exceeds 10 billion cubic meters

The Three Gorges Project reservoir holds over 10 billion cubic meters of water in the section where 175-meter capacity experiment is being carried out. At present, the experiment is progressing smoothly and the reservoir's discharge flow rate is being... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Oct 09 2009

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