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3 Gorges Dam

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  • The dam can have a negative economic effect on what group of people?
    Farmers
  • Which Yangtze wildlife/species was threatened from the dam development?
    Yangtze river dolphin
  • What kind of zone was the dam built on?
    Fault line
  • How much MW of HEP does the dam create?
    22,500 MW
  • A reduction in sediment can result in the land sinking downstream, this is called.....
    Subsidence
  • How many archaeological sites were flooded
    1300
  • How is the dam good for the environment
    Reduces the need for coal fueled power stations
  • When might the dam have to release water?
    After heavy rain
  • How much did the dam cost?
    $39 billion
  • Other than reduced sediment for alluvium how can the dam affect farmers?
    Less flood waters for irrigation
  • How many people had to relocate for the reservoir with little compensation.
    13 million people
  • What Delta is shrinking from the lack of sediment?
    Yangtze
  • How does the dam result in river channels that are much lower than the floodplain.
    Surges of water (increased velocity) for HEP generation increases vertical erosion though hydraulic action
  • Name a city in China suffering from subsidence
    Shanghai
  • Before construction in 1931 Flooding along the Yangtze & Whang killed how many people?
    250,000
  • How many million people does it protect from flooding?
    100 million people
  • The dam prevents what material building up downstream?
    Alluvium
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