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The Three Gorges Dam

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE THREE GORGES DAM

ALEXANDER AU
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How a dam works

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22,250 megawatts generated

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GOOD PARTS

  • Stops flooding
  • Creates electricity
  • Electricity=modernization
  • Moved people to better homes
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BAD PARTS

  • May flood hard if it doesn’t work
  • 2,000,000 people left their homes
  • Priceless treasures submerged
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The height of the dam

DAM FACTS

  • Beavers created dams from sticks and mud
  • The Hoover dam has enough concrete to make a road from San Francisco to New York
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