Three Gorges
About Three Gorges
Three Gorges reservoir region is a mountainous stretch along China's Yangtze River, between Chongqing and Yichang cities. Carved between steep cliffs are its trio of gorges, Qutang, Wu and Xiling. Cruise boats sail along the Yangtze's placid waters while the Baiheliang Underwater Museum displays ancient stone carvings from beneath the river's surface. The massive, hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam is in Sandouping city.
The Chinese town engulfed by a flood to save Beijing
... The problem is that the flood relief system is simply designed this way, according to Wang Weiluo, a Chinese engineer who now lives overseas after criticising China s construction of the Three Gorges Dam...
The man turning cities into giant sponges to embrace floods
... He initially faced opposition from the establishment, some of whom were annoyed by his vocal criticism of Chinese engineering including projects of national pride like the Three Gorges Dam...
