Three Gorges Dam dam. An important function of the dam is to control flooding, which is a major problem for the seasonal river of the Yangtze. Millions of people live downstream of the dam, with many large, important cities like Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai situated adjacent to the river. Plenty of farm land and China's most important industrial area are built beside the river. The reservoir's flood storage capacity is . This capacity will reduce the frequency of major downstream flooding from once every ten years to once every 100 years. The dam is expected to minimize the effect of even a "super"
Huangchuan Three Gorges of stone. It is said that have a stone which like a goat on the left side of the mountain. So here is called the Yangtiao Gorge. In the legend, one day seven fairy saw the scenery in Huangchuan Three Gorges is very beautiful, so they play down in July 7 day. All of a sudden, a strange wind blew and swept away six fairy, leave the smallest fairy to weep over in the river. The fairy Gorge river are the tears of the smallest fairy. "The Fairy Gorge" hence the name. Lengjia Gorge is famous for its craggy. The