Three Gorges Project, for the first time, will carry out an experiment of 175m water impoundment in middle September, which will improve the navigation conditions along Yangtze River and in Three Gorges reservoir area, and increase shipping efficiency of... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Wed, Sep 10 2008
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Yangtze River Three Gorges »
YouTube video From www.china-family-adventure.com. The Yangtze River Three Gorges extend for 200 km. Cliffs on both sides of the narrow passageways are hundreds of meters high, some as high as 2,000 meters. The Three Gorges Dam project, now on its final stage, will... |
| 10 Sep 08 |
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Dam sees water rise to capacity » Shanghai Daily THE Three Gorges Project water level will be raised to a record 175 meters in mid-September, officials announced yesterday. But the Yangtze River Water Resources Committee, and China Three Gorges Project Corp,... |
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China unlikely to announce completion of Three Gorges project within the year » People's Daily There will be little possibility for China to raise the water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir to the final target of 175 meters within this year as drought lingers in the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River and dry season of the river... |
| 09 Oct 09 |
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Water storage of Three Gorges Project exceeds 10 billion cubic meters » People's Daily 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... |
| 15 Sep 09 |
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China to raise Three Gorges Project's water level to 175m » People's Daily China is to begin Tuesday raising water levels at the Three Gorges project to 175 meters, the colossal construction's designed level. China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and Yangtse River Flood Control and Drought Relief... |
| 18 Aug 08 |
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Three Gorges facing flood peak, posing no threat to operation » People's Daily The Three Gorges reservoir on Sunday saw its highest flood peak this year, but without disrupting the shipping service on the Yangtze River. Located in central China's Hubei Province, the Three Gorges project, the world's largest hydroelectric... |