Three Gorges Dam, Dam spanning China’s Yangtze River (Chang Jiang). Construction officially began in 1994, and on its completion in 2006 it was the largest hydroelectric dam in the world, reaching a height of 185 m (607 ft) and stretching 2.3 km (1.4 mi) across the Yangtze. It has the capacity to produce a vast quantity of hydroelectricity and created an immense deepwater reservoir that, along with a set of ship locks, allows oceangoing freighters to navigate 2,250 km (1,400 mi) inland from the East China Sea. The controversial project displaced more than a million people and inundated archaeological sites and magnificent scenery.
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China, country of East Asia. It is the largest of all Asian countries. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth, and it is almost as large as the whole of Europe. China is also one of the most populous countries in the world,
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Dam, structure built across a stream, a river, or an estuary to retain water. Dams are built to provide water for human consumption, for irrigating arid and semiarid lands, or for use in industrial processes. They are used to increase the amount of water available for generating hydroelectric