How the Three Gorges Dam's redistribution of water retards Earth's rotation ... 22,500 MW of electricity and can even go beyond the level that many countries can do. The electric power generated ...

But critics say the historically high water levels on the Yangtze and its major lakes prove the Three Gorges Dam isn't doing what it was designed for. “One of the major justifications for the ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is often praised as a marvel of modern engineering, but according to NASA, this colossal ...

The megaproject will also divert the flow of the Yarlung river through India and Bangladesh, potentially triggering flash ...

The Three Gorges Dam is a marvel of engineering, capable of holding approximately 39.3 cubic kilometers of water. Its massive size and water storage capacity have made it a focal point for ...

However, Medog won’t be a conventional dam in the form of one giant wall built to hold water behind it, like Three Gorges or the Hoover Dam. Instead, four 12.4-mile (20-kilometer) tunnels will be ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. The announced cost is $137 billion. The Economist calls the new dam “the world’s most expensive infrastructure project.” And perhaps it is the world’s ...

China's ambitious engineers are at it again, not satisfied with the already colossal Three Gorges Dam ... of the projected dam. It has stirred fears of future water scarcity for their essential ...