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Chang Jiang
Three Gorges Dam
Dam under construction
Three Gorges Dam Construction Site, will be the biggest dam in China and in the world
Sandouping
A temporary diversion channel during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in Sandouping, China.
Ship lock under construction
Permanent canal lock at the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam in China
Navigation
Excursion Boat Near Three Gorges Dam Construction Site
Gezhou Dam
Passenger vessel passes through the ship lock at Gezhou Dam, near Yichang, China
Model of Three Gorges Dam
During a tour, tourists examine a model of the completed Three Gorges Dam in Sandouping, China.
Yichang
Water gushes from open sluice gates on the main dam of the Three Gorges project in Yichang, Hubei Province, June 10, 2003. China blocked the massive Yangtze River and successfully filled the water level up to 135 metres at a 600-metre-long reservoir for the world's biggest hydroelectric project.
Yichang
A Chinese worker looks at water gushing from open sluice gates on the main dam of the Three Gorges project in Yichang, Hubei Province, June 11, 2003. China successfully filled the water level up to 135 metres at a 600-metre-long reservoir for the world's biggest hydroelectric project after blocking the massive Yangtze River.
Yichang
A Chinese worker walks past the sluice gates on a 120-metre high platform on the main dam of the Three Gorges Project in Yichang, in the central province of Hubei, June 1, 2003. China blocked the massive Yangtze River on Sunday, starting to fill a reservoir for the world's biggest hydroelectric project that is a point of national pride but which critics fear will become an environmental nightmare. Picture taken June 1.
Dyke
A flood wall on the Yangzi, near Shashi, Hubei Province, China.
Flood barriers
Barriers are reinforced as a further rise in water level of the Yangtze is feared.
Dredging river bed
To increase the capacity of lakes and rivers
Ship lock
A lock on the Yangtze or Chang Jiang, diverts shipping around a dam on China's longest river.