China’s Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric dam, is an absolute beast of an infrastructure project. If you've come across the mindblowing claim that it’s so vast it affects ...

A file photo of the Three Gorges Dam. The State Council said on May 18 that the Three Gorges Project, the world's biggest hydropower complex, had affected shipping, irrigation and water supply ...

Named for the nearby gorges — Qutangxia, Wuxia, and Xilingxia — plans for the Three Gorges Dam were finalized in 2012, which explained why the claim once again made the rounds in May of that year.

‘They are running for cover because the Three Gorges Dam is becoming a symbol ... 2008 earthquake that left 87,000 ... in direct response to the Three Gorges Dam's negative impact, ...

Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydropower project ever built. When construction began in 1994, it was designed not only to generate electricity to propel China’s breakneck economic growth, but ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam, the world’s biggest and most controversial hydropower structure, was rumored to have been cracking and splitting as people posted satellite images of the structure ...

The project, which could cost over one trillion yuan ($137 billion), is set to be the largest infrastructure project globally, surpassing China’s own Three Gorges Dam.

The Three Gorges Dam dramatically reduced the amount of sediment transported by the Yangtze River in China after its completion in 2003. The top image shows the dam site during construction in ...

China's ministry of emergency management said this week more than 4,500 people in Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei and other provinces have been displaced due to floods, and at least 35,000 homes have ...

A Major Impact "Powerful" doesn't really do the amazing (and very controversial) Three Gorges Dam justice.Since the $30 billion project was announced, Chinese officials have faced heavy scrutiny ...

The earthquake and geological environment in the Three Gorges area is complex and the potential for earthquakes and other geological disasters is quite real. About 85 percent of Three Gorges area ...

Just after the State Council acknowledged that the massive Three Gorges Dam has had a negative social and environment impact, the corporation running the damn announced that they came up short in ...