Three Gorges Reservoir Supplies Water to the Lower Reaches of Yangtze River

Three Gorges Project Introduction

Three Gorges Project is divided into three stages in 18 years. The first stage of this project is from 1992-1997 in 5 years. Besides the preparation of Three Gorges Project, the diversion channel was begun to construct. In addition, the construction of the permanent navigation locks, ship lift and the dam of the right bank began to work.

The second stage is from 1998-2003 in 6 years. The power station of left bank began to install and the construction of the permanent navigation lock was still working.

The third stage of Three Gorge Project is from 2003 – 2009, the power station on the right bank began to built.

The whole Three Gorges Reservoir is 600 meters long and 2000 meters in width. It covers 10000 square kilometers.

Three Gorges Reservoir of Three Gorges Project

According to the data of the 31st of March of 2012, the Three Gorges Reservoir has supplied water to the lower reaches of Yangtze River. It is 10 billion cubic meters.

Based on the situation and condition of upper reaches of Yangtze River, besides the water requirements of zoology and navigation of lower reaches of Yangtze River, Three Gorges began to supply water since the end of the December last year. The water level of Three Gorges reservoir is decreased.

Three Gorges Reservoir Supplies Water to the Lower Reaches of Yangtze River

According to the data, on the 31st of March, the water flow into Three Gorges Reservoir is 5000 cubic meters per second at 10. Besides, the water flow out of the Three Gorges Reservoir is 6810 cubic meters per second. After supplying the water to the lower reaches of Yangtze River, the water level is decreased 11 meters. Since last year, Three Gorges Reservoir has supplies 10.07 billion cubic meters for middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River in 3 months.

In addition, because of continuous rainfall in recent days, the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River has much better navigation condition. Besides the supplement from Three Gorges Reservoir, Yangtze Cruise and other freighters are more possible to pass through Three Gorges Dam. There is no drought happened in middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River Basin.

This article is from Meiyatravel.