Three Gorges primarily famous for its scenery, the Three Gorges region is also historically and culturally important in China. Many settlements and archaeological sites are in danger of being submerged by the rising reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam. Due to the lithological conditions of its different regions, the valleys of the Three Gorges are narrow in some areas and broad in others. Most narrow valleys occur in regions where there is limestone, which is relatively hard and resists erosion. However, water can flow along deep vertical fractures, eroding underneath. As the limestone bed is gradually undercut, parts of it fall into
Huangchuan Three Gorges 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 left of the mountain to eat grass every day. One day, when it skip the gorges, with a loud noise, cliff cave that the goat can't go home again. So it stood on the left side of the hill every day, year after year it turned into a statue