The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam has been the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) since 2012.

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INTRODUCTION
➢The Three Gorges Dam is the largest
concrete structure on the planet.
➢Built on the Yangtze river in china.
➢It is the largest hydro power project in
the world.
➢It is a multi objective dam with great
benefits in flood control, power
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The Yangtze river
❖The Yangtze river is the largest river in
Asia and the third largest in the world.
❖The river is more than 6000 kms long
and at places several kms wide.
❖It is one of the biggest rivers by
discharge volume in the world..
❖River is one of the worlds busiest
waterways.
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Scale of Three Gorges Dam
➢ The Three Gorges Dam is 2335 metres long and 181
metres high.
➢ It took over 40000 workers more than 17 years to
build.
➢ The project used 27.2 million cubic metres of
concrete(mainly for the dam wall).
➢ 463,000 tonnes of steel (enough to build 63 Eiffel
towers )was used, and 102.6 million cubic metres of
earth was moved .
➢ The estimated cost of the project is 22.5 billion USD.
➢ The dams body was finished in 2006 and it became
fully operational on 4th of July ,2012.
➢ The dam consists of ship lock facility and ship lift
which is due to complete in 2015.
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Scale of Three Gorges Dam
➢ It is the largest hydro electricity producing dam in the
world.
➢ It generates 22,250 MW of electricity.
➢ It has 34 generators.(32 main , 2 small ).
➢ The generators are coupled with huge turbines.
➢ Cost of each turbine is 50 million USD.
➢ Produces electricity to 60 million Chinese.
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Construction
○ Rock and earth excavation of 102.83 million cubic metre.
○ Concrete placement of 27.2 million cubic metre.
○ Rock and earth refill of 31.98 million cubic metre.
○ Metal frame installation of 256,500 tonnes.
○ Installation of 32 turbine generator units , each of 700 MW
capacity each.
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Construction
○ Rock and earth excavation of 102.83 million cubic metre.
○ Concrete placement of 27.2 million cubic metre.
○ Rock and earth refill of 31.98 million cubic metre.
○ Metal frame installation of 256,500 tonnes.
○ Installation of 32 turbine generator units , each of 700 MW
capacity each.
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Construction
○ Rock and earth excavation of 102.83 million cubic metre.
○ Concrete placement of 27.2 million cubic metre.
○ Rock and earth refill of 31.98 million cubic metre.
○ Metal frame installation of 256,500 tonnes.
○ Installation of 32 turbine generator units , each of 700 MW
capacity each.
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Construction
○ Rock and earth excavation of 102.83 million cubic metre.
○ Concrete placement of 27.2 million cubic metre.
○ Rock and earth refill of 31.98 million cubic metre.
○ Metal frame installation of 256,500 tonnes.
○ Installation of 32 turbine generator units , each of 700 MW
capacity each.
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Construction
○ Rock and earth excavation of 102.83 million cubic metre.
○ Concrete placement of 27.2 million cubic metre.
○ Rock and earth refill of 31.98 million cubic metre.
○ Metal frame installation of 256,500 tonnes.
○ Installation of 32 turbine generator units , each of 700 MW
capacity each.
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