Three Gorges Dam

Question 1

date completed construction

Answer 1

2006

Question 2

how many turbines

Answer 2

26

Question 3

power ability (HEP)

Answer 3

18000 megawatts (3% of China needs)

Question 4

size of dam

Answer 4

1.4 miles long….

5x the size of the hoover dam

Question 5

social issues

Answer 5

hundreds of villages submerged by water level rising (1.3 million relocated)
less fertile soil for farmers downstream and silt trapped behind dam

Question 6

environmental issues

Answer 6

landslides from water behind dam (erosion) kills people
wildlife habitats drowned
seismic activity from pressure on boundary from water mass
flora died from lack of deposition nutrients

Question 7

river name

Answer 7

Yangtze

Question 8

relocation compensation

Answer 8

$7 a month

Question 9

amount of waste stopped and desposed of

Answer 9

since built 10 million tons of rubbish was stopped by the dam and a rolling track device has destroyed it before entering the turbines. this stopped it from flowing out to sea

Question 10

what can now be defended in future

Answer 10

future floods prevented (300000 killed in 20th century floods is now reduced)

Question 11

pros and cons of jobs

Answer 11

1000’s of jobs in constructing and running the dam in over 10 years building
about 100 people died in the construction of the dam - dangerous

Question 12

higher water levels allow what

Answer 12

shipping trade, 44 million tons of cargo pass each year around the river as boats can now travel it, boosting economy to Shanghai