Three Gorges Dam

The idea of building a dam across the Yangtze river to control flooding and to and to harness it for hydropower has been the dream of several generations of Chinese.

The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydropower station and dam in the world with 607 feet in height and 9,957 feet in length. The project was designed in 1993, and estimated to be finish in 2009.

The Three Gorges Dam can generate about 84 billion kilowatt-hours annually and is seen as an important future source of energy for China's growing electrical consumption. It is also expected to tame the Yangzi River. With a flood reservoir which accommodates about 22.15 billion cubic meters, even in dire flood situations, the dam can automatically control the flow within an acceptable rang of safety. And the dam can improve the shipping condition of Chongqing.

Accordingly, with the construction of Three Gorges Dam, a lot of views highlight the beauty of science. Tanai Mountain is a perfect platform fot tourist to see the panorama of Three Gorges Dam. Maogong Moutain is a special mountain like former chaitman Mao Zedong lying on the top of other mountains.

The Three Gorges Dam Project shows rapid change with each passing day. To develop tourism, the China Three Gorges Dam Project Corporation built the Tanziling to enable visitors to see the panorama of Three Gorges from the highest point of the building site. The exhibition house and environmental garden are located in the dam area, which includes the natural scenic spot Maogongshan and the old architecture Huangling Temple. Combined, these highlight the beauty of science and culture while showing the value of the Three Gorges Dam Project in China's water Conservancy effort. Special-purpose rode is an interesting rode 40% of which is occupied by 35 bridges and 5 tunnels.