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It is the world's largest dam - and one of mankind's greatest engineering projects.
The level of the water directly behind the Three Gorges Dam rose 155 meters (510 feet). The added water volume will raise the water level of the Yangtze River as far as 600 kilometers (375 miles) upriver. The reservoir effect not only raises the water level, it widens the river and slows down its current. This is transforming a fast moving river into a slow river lake.
Proponents for the dam validly argue that the dam creates needed electric power, controls floods (which saves lives), aids irrigation and improves navigation, among other benefits. Opponents counter that the project, for example, relocates over a million people, inundates important sites, has environmental issues, and could be disastrous to hundreds of millions of people who live downriver should a severe storm, earthquake or terrorist attack occur.
The Three Gorges Dam is a 15 year project. Cost: About US $30 billion.
The Three Gorges Dam is 615 kilometers (380 miles) east of Chongqing city and 670 kilometers (420 miles) west of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.

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