Author(s): Ziyun Fang; Min Ye
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Keywords: Three Gorges Project; History of the project; Comprehensive planning of the project; Schedule of development
Abstract: Most rivers in China are fed by storm rains. The disasters and damages of storm flood in China are both frequent and serious, and sometimes even catastrophic. The floods of 1931 and 1935in the Yangtze Basin caused more than 140 thousand people died, in the recent year like 1998 flood also claimed thousands of lives and caused big economic loss. The history of investigation of the Three Gorges Project could be subdivided into three main stages. Now its multi-purpose are flood control, power generation, navigation, etc. with flood control as its main one. Through successive justification and comprehensive planning NPL of 175 m with an initial operating level 156 m was finally selected and approved. The schedule of development for the Project is 17 years.
Year: 2002