The Three Gorges Dam Project consists of the main building and diversion works, with a total length of about 3,335 m, a dam height of 185m and a total investment of 95.46 billion RMB. Construction started on 65,438+0994, 65,438+02, 65,438+04, and was completed on May 20, 2006.

With the approval of the National Defense General, the Three Gorges Reservoir was officially started at 0: 00 on September 201year 175m for the fourth experimental water storage. By 9: 00 on June 8/kloc-0, the water level of the reservoir reached160.18m .. 20. The upstream inflow surged to 46,000 cubic meters per second. 20 12 On July 24th, the inflow of the Three Gorges Dam reached 7120,000 cubic meters per second, the largest flood peak since the Three Gorges Reservoir was built.

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The Three Gorges Dam is a large-scale water conservancy project in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China. The dam is distributed on the main stream of the Yangtze River from Chongqing to Yichang, Hubei Province, located in Sandouping, Yiling District, Yichang City, in Xiling Gorge of the Three Gorges, and forms a cascade dispatching power station with Gezhouba Hydropower Station not far downstream. It is the largest hydropower station in the world and the largest dam in China and the world.

The units of Three Gorges Hydropower Station are arranged behind the dam, and 32 700,000 kW hydro-generator units are installed, including 4 units on the left bank 14, 2 units on the right bank 12 and 6 units underground on the right bank. In addition, there are two 50,000-kilowatt generator sets with a total installed capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts and an annual power generation of about 654.38+000 billion kWh.

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