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The Yangtze's peril, promise: exploring above and below China's Three Gorges Dam

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorFort Collins Coloradoan, publisher
dc.coverage.spatialYangtze River (China)
dc.coverage.spatialSan Xia Dam (China)
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-30T19:49:38Z
dc.date.available2015-09-30T19:49:38Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-20
dc.description.abstractThe Three Gorges Dam is, by most counts, the largest dam in the world, 1.3 miles wide, and impounds more water than any other dam, creating a lake 400 miles long, about the length of Lake Superior. Three scenic wild gorges were drowned. The Yangtze River flood in 1931 killed 3.7 million. The dam is built to withstand a scale 7 earthquake, and there is uncertainty about the likelihood of an earthquake. The Communists envision what they call an "ecological civilization," although there is an omnipresent grey haze from pollution resulting from development. Three Gorges is a perfect model for Communist glory in heroic labor. This masterpiece of human construction has replaced and tamed three gorges, masterpieces of nature.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, 1932-, The Yangtze’s Peril, Promise: Exploring Above and Below China's Three Gorges Dam. Fort Collins Coloradoan, August 20, 2015, Xplore sec., Killer River, Monster Dam
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/167459
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofNatural History: Articles
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dc.subjectThree Gorges Dam
dc.subjectYangtze River
dc.subjectecological civilization
dc.subjectearthquakes
dc.titleThe Yangtze's peril, promise: exploring above and below China's Three Gorges Dam
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