China's Three Gorges dam resists surging Yangtze floods

China’s Three Gorges dam will be the biggest in the world.

Image: The Three Gorges Dam, above, built on the vast Yangtze River.

How many people were involved in building the 3 gorges dam?

How many were displaced by the Three Gorges, do you know?

How many people did it take to build the Three Gorges Dam?

That’s twice as much as China’s Three Gorges Dam, currently the world’s largest.

In the morning you will visit the world-famous Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world.

Arrive at Sandouping and disembark to visit the Three Gorges Dam.

Even the large Three Gorges Dam in China was controversial.

Twenty-five years have passed since the debate over the Three Gorges Project first began.

Power plants will double output of Three Gorges Dam

This figure almost doubles the annual power output of the Three Gorges Dam.

You go through the locks of the Three Gorges Dam the first night.

Hydropower plants will double output of Three Gorges Dam