The Three Gorges Dam is located in Sandouping Town, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, 38km away from the downstream Gezhouba Water Control Project, which is the main project of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station. Construction of the Three Gorges Dam was officially started on 1994 12 14, with a total construction period of 17 and was successfully completed on May 20, 2006.
The Three Gorges Dam project consists of the main building and diversion project, with a total length of about 3,335 meters and a dam crest elevation of 65,438 0.85 meters, with a total investment of 95.46 billion yuan. The Three Gorges Project is a water control project with the greatest comprehensive benefit in the world, which plays a great role in flood control and navigation. After the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, a 600-kilometer-long reservoir will be formed, which will store water in stages and become a rare new landscape in the world.
Three Gorges dam:
The Three Gorges Dam is located in Sandouping Town, Yiling District, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, 38km away from the downstream Gezhouba Water Control Project. It is the main project of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station, the core landscape of the Three Gorges Dam tourist area and the eastern end of the Three Gorges Reservoir.