Three Gorges Dam of the river downstream, and provides fresh water for agricultural and industrial usage. It also improves shipping conditions. The water level upstream drops from 175 m to 145 m, preparing for the rainy season. The water also powers the Gezhouba Dam downstream. Since the filling of the reservoir in 2003, the Three Gorges Dam has supplied an extra 11 cubic kilometres of fresh water to downstream cities and farms during the dry season. During the 2010 South China floods in July, inflows at the Three Gorges Dam reached a peak of , exceeding the peak during the 1998 Yangtze River
Grand Inga Dam Grand Inga Dam The Grand Inga Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Congo River at Inga Falls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The proposed dam is the fourth and largest of the Inga dams, from Inga-I, from Inga-II, and from the proposed Inga-III. The dam has an expected generating capacity of , with 52 turbines each with a capacity of . This is close to twice the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, which is currently known as the largest energy-generating body ever built. Inga Falls on the Congo River is a group of rapids (or