Water Levels of Three Gorges Dam Reach New High

Date: 2010-7-27 20:14:00 by chinatravel Tags: Yangtze River Three Gorges Dam China Flood

Flood flow is set to peak again on Monday at China's Three Gorges Dam on the swollen Yangtze River, forcing the water levels of the dam's reservoir to surge again.

Engineers of the dam, located in Yichang City, central Hubei Province, said the water level of the Three Gorges reservoir, which dropped a few centimeters over the weekend, might now rise to break its record high of the year

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Flood Waters Sluiced at Three Gorges Dam in Yichang

Date: 2010-7-19 5:25:00 by apolo Tags: Yichang Three Gorges Yangtze River

Flood waters are sluiced at the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, July 19, 2010. The water influx into the Three Gorges Reservoir reached 58,000 steres per second on Monday morning, setting a new record in this year's flood season. Engineers will raise the rate of water outflux to 40,000 steres per second from 10 a.m. on Monday to face the biggest flood peak since the

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Solar Eclipse Observed in China

Date: 2009-7-22 20:08:00 by shyoto Tags: Total Solar Eclipse Shanghai Yangtze River

At around 9:15 am Wednesday, the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st Century brought darkness to many places along the upper reaches of China's longest river, the Yangtze River. On seeing this rare “darkness” during daytime, people were totally overwhelmed by this astronomical spectacle.

 

This total solar eclipse passed across China from south Tibet, via no

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