The biggest dam in the world (12 photos)




The biggest dam in the world, Three Gorges Dam in China. The height of 185 meters and a length of 2 309 thousand. Meters. "Three Gorges" is the most expensive and the biggest dam in the history of the global hydropower. It rises 300 meters above the water level in the Yangtze River. Construction will last until the end of 2010. For several years it produced an artificial sea stretching for 600 kilometers.























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