Guests of Victoria Cruises photograph their ship while taking a cruise to the Lesser Gorges along the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. An area of gr
Guests of Victoria Cruises photograph their ship while taking a cruise to the Lesser Gorges along the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. An area of great beauty, for centuries the tumultuous Three Gorges awed its viewers, and inspired some of China's greatest poets and artists. These days the gorges are home to the world's largest electricity-generating plant. The world's largest electricity-generating plant, producing 18-23,000 Kilowatts of energy, the dam has also been the most contentious. Spanning the length of the once picturesque but tumultuous Yangtze River after it has passed through the Three Gorges, the dam was built to serve three purposes: electricity, increase the river's navigation capacity and reduce the potential for floods, which have claimed 350,000 lives in the last 200 years alone. But it has also flooded a reported 8,000 archaeological and cultural sites, displacing million people (official figures- lobby groups place figures up to 50% more than this), and causing significant ecological changes, including an increased risk of landslides, sediment buildup and erosion. Riddled with corruption, a week after the dam started filling, in 2002, cracks appeared on the dam wall. Despite the significantly higher water levels on the gorges, and hence less dramatic visuals, dozens of tour ships still cruise the river.
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