6144 x 4096 px | 52 x 34,7 cm | 20,5 x 13,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2006
Lieu:
CHINA YICHANG
Informations supplémentaires:
CHINA YICHANG Barges and ferries wait in the locks at the Gezhouba Dam Hydroelectric Project There are three shiplocks at Gezhouba an experimental dam in the Three Gorges Dam project Lock No 1 in the main channel and Lock No 2 in the third channel each have a chamber 280 meters long and 34 meters wide with a depth of five meters allowing the passage of 10 000 ton passenger or cargo ships They both rank among the world s largest before Three Gorges Dam There are two Power stations at the dam site one in the main channel the other in the second channel They have sets of turbo generators with a total installed capacity of 2 715 million KW to generate about 14 1 billion KWH of electricity a year The biggest in China today they supply power to the central China grid greatly promoting industrial and agricultural Production in Hubei east Sichuan north Hunan and southwest Henan
