The Yangtze River and the Three Rivers Gorge Damn

A geographical look at the location of the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River is the longest River in Asia. It flows into the East China Sea in Shanghai. The Yangtze provides water for farming and living along it's banks and into it's basin. In the past couple of years, the river has been polluted by industrial and farming runoff and trash. The river is also being changed by the Three Rivers Gorge Damn that is being built. The Three Rivers Gorge Damn is creating hydro electric power for a vast part of China.

Three Rivers Gorge

Public Works Projects on the Yangtze

The Three Rivers Gorge Damn is the largest damn in the world. Although the Three Rivers Gorge Damn is supposed to produce more power for China, it as also had many implications for the country. Many people have been displaced due to the damn, as well as ecological changes happening due to the flooding of the areas around the damn.