The Three Gorges Dam largest hydropower complex built to generate electric power and manage the floods of Yangtze River, in ...

As China counts the costs of its most punishing flood season in more than three decades, the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river ...

But opponents say the flood control capability of the Three Gorges Dam is limited, and it could even make the problem worse in the long term.

a Chinese engineer who now lives overseas after criticising China's construction of the Three Gorges Dam. "China's flood control network has a pecking order of protection giving priority to big ...

The dam's primary purpose is to generate hydroelectric power, but it also serves to control flooding and improve navigation ...

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 ...

It holds the title as the world's largest man-made reservoir by volume, dwarfing China's Three Gorges Dam four times ... electric power. The dam's initial flood brought rich nutrients from ...

Mega-buildings and dams like China’s Three Gorges Dam are subtly shifting Earth’s rotation. With its 40 billion cubic meters of water, the dam affects our planet’s spin, adding 0.06 ...

Li Memgke lives near Sandouping in the shadow of the Three Gorges Dam ... path of the new construction. The dam was built to protect parts of China from flooding and to harness the Yangtze's ...

Li Memgke lives near Sandouping in the shadow of the Three Gorges Dam ... path of the new construction. The dam was built to protect parts of China from flooding and to harness the river Yangtze ...