The main objective for the dam is to supply water for the largest hydroelectric plant in the world and to help control the devastating floods that plague the lowlands downstream from the dam.
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The most important effect that the construction of the Three Gorges Dam has had on Chinese society has been the displacement of millions of people from the Yangtze river region. In order to establish the reservoir, hundreds (possible thousands) of towns and villages were evacuated and later submerged.
One of the benefits of this dam is it will manage Chang Jiang's frequent flooding that causes significant damage and fatalities in the 20th century. Moreover, the dam can produce a massive supply of electricity which will be generated by large turbines and connected to electrical networks of the country.
To make way for the Three Gorges Dam, 1.5 million people will have to abandon their homes. More than 160,000 citizens have already been relocated. Upon the dam's completion, 1,300 known archeological sites will be lost forever under water. Over 265 billion gallons of raw sewage are dumped into the Yangtze annually.
First, it will generate 18,000 megawatts of electricity, which would Page 5 The United States, China and the Three Gorges Dam 149 decrease by one tenth the country's reliance on coal power, and thus reduce the amount of pollution over China's cities-one of the most severe problems in China today.
Situated on the Yangtze River in China, the Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. A Xylem solution at the dam provides data that helps prevent flooding and droughts.
Moreover, a couple of other studies demonstrated that the construction of the TGD had an adverse effect on agricultural environment, including the agricultural water and the land resources [14,27,30]. However, on the other hand, its effective flood control function is able to reduce the scale and frequency of flooding.