How deep is the Three Gorges Dam?

The maximum designed depth of China's largest reservoir is 175 metres (574 feet).



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It is still just as impressive. However, by comparison, the 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometres) in length, Three Gorges Dam is five times larger. The latter has an installed capacity of 22,500 MW, compared to Hoover Dam's 2,080MW. Thus Three Gorges Dam can generate up to 10.8 times the amount of hydroelectric power.

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The project has 34 generators, which includes 32 main generators. The other two are power generators with a capacity of 50MW each. The plant took 17 years to construct and was built in stages by state-backed sponsor China Yangtze Three Gorges Dam Project Development Corporation. Initial works began in 1993.

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Parker Dam is a concrete arch structure commonly called the 'deepest dam in the world'.

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Despite the havoc, Chinese authorities claim the Three Gorges Dam has succeeded in playing a “crucial role” in intercepting floodwaters. The dam's operator, China Three Gorges Corporation, told China's state news agency Xinhua that the dam has intercepted 18.2 billion cubic meters of potential floodwater.

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These Three Gorges Dam problems mainly include:
  • More Sediment in Upper Riverbeds and Three Gorges Reservoir. ...
  • Threat to Downstream Riverbanks and Yangtze River Delta. ...
  • Many Aquatic Creatures Are Endangered. ...
  • Increased Geological Disasters. ...
  • Climate Change of Yangtze River Basin.


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The Three Gorges Dam is the biggest concrete dam in the world constructed on the Yangtze River in Hubei province, China. The dam is 2.2 Km long with 60 stories and a height of 160m. 40,000 workers worked on it for 17 years; starting in 1994 it became operational in 2012.

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A study by the World Commission on Dams placed China's large dam total at over 22,000-the most in the world. Large dams are those roughly four stories or taller. Most of China's were built after 1949.

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The oldest operational dam in the world, the Lake Homs Dam in Syria, was built around 1300. The masonry gravity dam is over one mile long, 23 feet high, and creates Lake Homs, which still supplies water to the people of Homs today.

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One of the most controversial aspects of the mega-project was its enormous cost for villagers who had lived for centuries on the banks of the river. To make way for the dam's massive reservoir, about 1.4 million people were uprooted, their ancestral homes demolished, communities broken up and farmlands flooded.

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The smallest dam in the world is assumed to be the. Inks Dam on the Colorado River. However, it is 97 feet. (29.4 meters) tall and 1,550 feet (472 mt) long.

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