{"id":26922,"date":"2024-09-28T05:53:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T00:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26922"},"modified":"2025-04-08T05:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T00:16:04","slug":"three-gorges-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/three-gorges-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Gorges Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Three Gorges Dam:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located on the <strong>Yangtze River<\/strong> in <strong>China\u2019s Hubei Province.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>world\u2019s largest hydroelectric power station<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The dam was completed in 2012 after nearly two decades of construction.<\/li>\n<li>Its staggering dimensions\u20142,335 metres (7,660 feet) long and 185 metres (607 feet) high\u2014make it the <strong>largest dam ever built<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The dam\u2019s reservoir has a capacity of 40 cubic kilometres (about 10 trillion gallons) of water, which can <strong>produce up to22,500 megawatts of electricity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The dam <strong>uses<\/strong> the <strong>flow of water from<\/strong> the <strong>three closest gorges<\/strong>, known <strong>as Qutangxia, Wuxia, and Xilingxia<\/strong>, for spinning the turbine and generating electricity<\/li>\n<li>Beyond its hydroelectric capabilities, the dam is intended to <strong>increase the Yangtze River&#8217;s shipping capacity <\/strong>and <strong>reduce the potential for floods<\/strong> downstream by providing flood storage space.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Facts about Yangtze River:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>longest river in both China and Asia<\/strong> and <strong>third longest river in the world<\/strong>, with a length of 3,915 miles (6,300 km).<\/li>\n<li>It is also considered the <strong>longest river to exclusively flow within<\/strong> the borders of a <strong>single nation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Its basin drains an area of 698,265 square miles (1,808,500 sq.km).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>From its <strong>source on the Plateau of Tibet to its mouth on the East China Sea, <\/strong>the river traverses or serves as the border between 10 provinces or regions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>More than three-fourths of the river\u2019s course runs through mountains.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Yangtze has eight principal tributaries. On its left bank, from source to mouth, these are the Yalung, Min, Jialing, and Han rivers; those on the right bank include the Wu, Yuan, Xiang, and Gan rivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is a Gorge?<\/h3>\n<p>A gorge is a narrow valley with steep, rocky walls located between hills or mountains. The term comes from the French word gorge, which means throat or neck. A gorge is often smaller than a canyon, although both words are used to describe deep, narrow valleys with a stream or river running along their bottom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/science\/chinas-gigantic-hydroelectric-dam-has-been-changing-spin-of-earth-heres-how-761164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">China&#8217;s gigantic hydroelectric dam has been changing spin of Earth. 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