Three Gorges Dam

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The Three Gorges Dam is a massive hydroelectric gravity dam in China, renowned as one of the world’s largest power stations and a major flood-control and navigation project.

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Generate an image of the Three Gorges Dam (The Three Gorges Dam is a massive hydroelectric gravity dam in China, renowned as one of the world’s largest power stations and a major flood-control and navigation project.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sanxia Dam ⓘ
linked to: Three Gorges Dam

三峡大坝 ⓘ
linked to: Three Gorges Dam
annualGeneration around 100 TWh ⓘ
constructionCostEstimate about US$30 billion ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1994-12-14 ⓘ
country China ⓘ
crestElevation 185 m above sea level ⓘ
damType concrete gravity ⓘ
designedForFloodControl yes ⓘ
designedForNavigationImprovement yes ⓘ
firstGeneratorCommissioned 2003 ⓘ
fullyOperationalDate 2012 ⓘ
hasShipLift vertical ship lift ⓘ
hasShipLock five-step ship lock ⓘ
height 181 m ⓘ
impact large-scale population resettlement ⓘ
significant environmental change along the Yangtze River ⓘ
installedCapacity 22500 MW ⓘ
length 2335 m ⓘ
locatedIn Hubei ⓘ
linked to: Hubei Province

Yichang ⓘ
Yiling District ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
locatedInRegion Three Gorges ⓘ
linked to: Xiling Gorge
locatedOnRiver Yangtze River ⓘ
mainConstructionCompleted 2006 ⓘ
nearCity Yichang ⓘ
numberOfSpillwayGates 23 ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 34 ⓘ
operator China Yangtze Power ⓘ
ownedBy China Three Gorges Corporation ⓘ
primaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
river navigation improvement ⓘ
reservoirName Three Gorges Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Three Gorges Dam
reservoirNormalElevation 175 m above sea level ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 39300000000 m3 ⓘ
riverDiversionCompleted 1997 ⓘ
spillwayType overflow, controlled ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineCapacity 700 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
worldRankingByInstalledCapacity one of the largest power stations in the world ⓘ

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Yangtze River → hydroelectricProject → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Yichang → isGatewayTo → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Yichang → near → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Yichang → hasNearbyAttraction → Three Gorges Reservoir ⓘ
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Yichang → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Three Gorges Dam → reservoirName → Three Gorges Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam → alsoKnownAs → 三峡大坝 ⓘ
linked to: Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam → alsoKnownAs → Sanxia Dam ⓘ
linked to: Three Gorges Dam
Gezhouba Dam → locatedDownstreamOf → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Three Gorges Reservoir Region → surrounds → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Three Gorges Reservoir Region → associatedWithProject → Three Gorges Project ⓘ
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Itaipu Dam → surpassedBy → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Xiling Gorge → locatedUpstreamOf → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Xiling Gorge → associatedWith → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Long River → hasDam → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Yiling District → near → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Yangtze River shipping routes → relatedTo → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Yangtze River shipping routes → relatedTo → Three Gorges ship locks ⓘ
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Yangtze River basin → containsWaterBody → Three Gorges Reservoir ⓘ
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China Yangtze Power → hasMajorAsset → Three Gorges hydropower project ⓘ
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China Three Gorges Corporation → majorAsset → Three Gorges Hydropower Station ⓘ
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Central China power grid → integratesGenerationFacility → Three Gorges hydropower station ⓘ
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Putzmeister → notableUse → Three Gorges Dam construction ⓘ
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Xiangjiaba Dam → upstreamFrom → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Three Gorges → knownFor → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
Three Gorges → associatedWith → Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
长江 → 重要工程 → 三峡工程 ⓘ
linked to: Three Gorges Dam