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 River, you can see a natural big stage in the rock near the river. It is said that after cleaned the silt of Lengjia Gorge river, people gathered here to use the natural stage singing opera celebration, passing ships stopped to watch. Later, it gradually become boats resting place. Huangchuan Three Gorges The shortest gorge in Lianjiang River. Its length is less than a kilometer, and the width of the shore only 30 meters, frightened sheep can jump over this gorge. In the legend have a goat living on the right side of the river, it must be to the