Question by : what rivers are involved in the 3 gorges dam?
i know the yangtze, what else? also, i need to to know the tributaries involved. 🙁 ugh
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Answer by Bob
Four major rivers flow in to the Yangtze, Yalong, Min, Yeiling and Wu.
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Three_Gorges_Dam,_China
http://www.internationalrivers.org/china/three-gorges-dam
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_three_gorges.htm
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Question by : Three gorges dam HW help and plz dont put links thank you?
Historical Implications
1.
Why was the building of the dam first proposed in 1919 and by whom?
2.
Why have archaeologists and historians criticized the building of the Three Gorges Dam?
Governmental Implications
3.
What has been the unfortunate response of local government officials assigned to help families affected by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam?
4.
How has government corruption impacted safety?
Energy Implications
5.
Why did China believe the building of the Three Gorges Dam was an absolute necessity in terms of energy production?
6.
Compare the energy production of the Three Gorges Dam to the Hoover Dam. Although China believed the Dam would provide the nation with 10% of its power needs, what is the current amount of power it actually is supplying?
Environmental Implications
7.
What are some of the environmental implications sited by Chinese officials that have occurred as a result of the Dam project?
8.
What has been the “most worrying consequence” that has occurred as a result of the Dam?
Social Implications
9.
What is the impact on local communities near the construction zone? What about farmland?
10.
Although, over a million people have been displaced by the Dam already, what is the future forecast for local citizens? Is the social turmoil over yet?
Economic Implications
11.
What was an important economic goal associated with the building of the Three Gorges Dam?
12.
How does the Three Gorges Dam improve Yangtze River trade?
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Answer by Sven the Swede
All of the answers are YES!
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Question by : 12 Questions on Three Gorges Dam?
Historical Implications
1.
Why was the building of the dam first proposed in 1919 and by whom?
2.
Why have archaeologists and historians criticized the building of the Three Gorges Dam?
Governmental Implications
3.
What has been the unfortunate response of local government officials assigned to help families affected by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam?
4.
How has government corruption impacted safety?
Energy Implications
5.
Why did China believe the building of the Three Gorges Dam was an absolute necessity in terms of energy production?
6.
Compare the energy production of the Three Gorges Dam to the Hoover Dam. Although China believed the Dam would provide the nation with 10% of its power needs, what is the current amount of power it actually is supplying?
Environmental Implications
7.
What are some of the environmental implications sited by Chinese officials that have occurred as a result of the Dam project?
8.
What has been the “most worrying consequence” that has occurred as a result of the Dam?
Social Implications
9.
What is the impact on local communities near the construction zone? What about farmland?
10.
Although, over a million people have been displaced by the Dam already, what is the future forecast for local citizens? Is the social turmoil over yet?
Economic Implications
11.
What was an important economic goal associated with the building of the Three Gorges Dam?
12.
How does the Three Gorges Dam improve Yangtze River trade?
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Answer by misterblah
Wikipedia has everything you need to know about the dam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_gorges_dam
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Question by doornobk: Three Gorges Dam lock question?
The Yangtze river had commercial traffic on it before the dam was constructed. I would presume during constriction that traffic was able to go around the dam site using the bypass channels that the river flowed through so no big deal there, more or less business as usual. The dam when completed would have locks and lifts to get boats up the 500+ feet to then take advantage of the deeper water and be able to reach further up river with larger loads. Sounds good on paper. My question is did they just shut down traffic for the 2 years it took to fill up? Or did they have some temporary locks in operation that were then constantly modified till they reached their final height? If that is what they did it would seem like there should be some info on it somewhere since it like the rest of the project would have been pretty new technology.
Got any links with information about the temporary locks? Ideally photos and technical info related to how they did it? Also is that a common practice when building dams?
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Answer by texaslivewire360
Yes they did have temporary portable locks in place during the new construction.
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Question by yoran: disadvantages on the three gorges dam project?
i’ve heard some stuff about displacing 1.5 million people from the yangtze river but where can i find details??
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Answer by dieyouevilfrustratingprogram
I saw an article on wikipedia (projects under construction?), otherwise try news web sites like cnn.com, etc.
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Question by .: How will the Three Gorges Dam make money?
I heard about the Three Gorges Dam in China being built on the Yangtze river, and people are saying that it will cost up to 100 billion dollard- but that it will pay for itself in the long run. How will this dam make that much money?
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Answer by Teddy Broosevelt
Hydroelectricity, I’m guessing. That’s what made the Hoover Dam such a great feat of engineering, for sure.
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Question by Carlos: real yangtze river question/three gorges dam?
how much water will be pumped anually through three gorges dam
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Answer by Pierre O
600 to 950 m3/s
That would be 25,000 million cubic meters of water in a year
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Question by AmplePressure: Is the 3 Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River….?
harmful to the environment of China in comparison to the economic advantages it will bring to the entire country?
…..
The Colorado trickles into Baja….Yangtze 4th largest….heat…light…connect 1/3 of your pop….
but there is a price to pay….what do you think?
River Dolphin? Never heard of it…
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Answer by laiyuzeng
Yes, the construction of the 3 gorges dam making many harmful things to the environment. If you had watch the documentary, “China’s mega Dam” in National Geographic then you will know how much sacrifices was done to built the dam. But I think there’s reason why Chinese government want to build this dam. Perhaps it’s important for the development for China to become one of the world’s superpower
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Question by juke_yu: did china cancel 3 gorges cruise after the earthquake?
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Answer by Hello there
It should be. From 5/19 to 5/21, it is the national mourning.for Wenchuan earthquake victims. All entertainments canceled nationwide.
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Question by Hawk_Nelson_Rox: What was life on the Yangtze River like before the Three Gorges Dam was built?
I had already tried googling it and I couldn’t come up with anything. Only how life after it was built. Thanks. And try to give your source or give me a website that I can go and visit myself.
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Answer by James™
Before the dam was built, there many floods that drowned a nearby city with population of several million. In 1954, a flood killed 30,000 people and left one million homeless. But the dam prevents this sort of thing from reoccurring.
A long time before the Three Gorges Dam, the Yangtze River was used for transportation, a lot more than it does now. The large cargo ships would have raised the water level and caused even more floods. The dam has reduced the amount of transportation up/down the river helping considerably to reduce the flooding of the riverside towns and cities.
Hope this helps 🙂
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