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The Origination of Three Gorges Project Ⅱ

Yangtze River

The Origination of Three Gorges Project Ⅱ – Yangtze Cruise

In Yangtze River history, Yangtze Cruise plays the important role of Yangtze River which is the one of originations of Three Gorges Project. Yangtze River is the largest river of China and it is the 3rd larger one of the world. It has rich water resource and the rich resource of generated electricity. In Yangtze River history, the coastal cities promote economy quickly as well as the Yangtze Cruise. There are many famous Yangtze Cruise cruises along Yangtze River such as Yangtze Victoria Cruise, Yangtze President Cruise, Yangtze Overseas Cruise and New Century Yangtze Cruise. in recent years, more and more people from home and abroad to take the Yangtze Cruise from Chongqing to enjoy the ancient attractions on Yangtze Rive such as White Emperor City, Fengdu Ghost City, Chongqing City and Three Gorges Dam.

Besides that, there are some problems of Yangtze River from ancient times such as flood disaster, and that's why we have to build the Three Gorges Project on Yangtze River.

The Origination of Three Gorges Project Ⅱ – Control the Yangtze River

It is very important to control and develop the Yangtze River for China's economy. As one of the birthplace of ancient Chinese people, Yangtze River Basin has rich water resources especially in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River. The middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River is one of most developed areas of economy of China.

But due to the limited condition of Yangtze River's navigation, the flood happens frequently in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River, which caused many disasters to people.

In Yangtze River history, since the B.C 185 to A.D 1911, the flood was happened 214 times. Respectively in 1931, 1935 and 1954, the terrible Yangtze River flood happened three times.

The Origination of Three Gorges Project Ⅱ – Three Gorges Project's Conceive

Dr. Sun yat-sen, who is the pioneer of the Chinese democratic revolution proposed the construction of Three Gorges Project first. It is the earliest conceive of the Three Gorges Project in Chinese history.

After the completion of Three Gorges Project, it includes one mix gravity dam, water release gate, one hydropower station, one permanent navigation lock and one ship lift. Generally speaking, Three Gorges Project consists of Three Gorges Dam, hydropower station and navigation buildings.

This article is from Meiyatravel.