The 3 Gorges Dam
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- Created on: 02-05-15 18:13
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- 3 GORGES DAM
- IMPACTS
- 1.2 million people resettled
- 1200 historical sites inundated
- Costed $22.5bn
- HEP creates 84.7bn KW / year
- 1,084km squared flooded
- Increased employment
- 40,000 people
- 78 million cubic yards blasted
- Dust causes respiratory problems
- 15 tonnes per day
- Increase in acid rain due to more burning of coal
- Decreases chance of flooding
- Can increase chances of EARTHQUAKES
- Vulnerable WAR target
- Farmland lost
- Citrus Groves
- Land lost so urban migration increase
- Cities cannot cope with a greater pop.
- Habitats effected
- River Dolphin
- Increased tourism
- Shows what China have
- People forced to move to higher ground
- Soil is less fertile & climate is poorer
- Why was it needed?
- August 1998 BIGGEST FLOOD
- >300,000 DEAD
- Area size of New Zealand flooded
- 300 million affected
- 1/10th grain supply gone
- August 1998 BIGGEST FLOOD
- IMPACTS
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