The 3 Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam and a source of controversy because of the amount of water that is held behind it.
Full-scale model at the dam site
The government ordered 1.3 - 1.9 million people that lived on the banks of the Yangtze River to relocate or be under many feet of water. Digging up your loved ones for relocation was also recommended.
One of the many environmental concerns were landslides that would result from the increased pressure of the surrounding land. One month after the water level was raised, 700 million cubic feet slide into an adjoining river. This slide resulted in 65-foot waves that caused the death of 14 people. Landslides continue to this day, even when we did the Yangtze River Cruise, we could not continue due to a landslide.
Earthquakes are another concern as the reservoir sits on 2 major faults. By changing the weight so greatly, it has created earthquakes and can intensify them. 822 tremors were recorded during 2006 when the water level was first increased.
Map courtesy of the Viking River Cruise we took on the Yangtze River.
Below left shows the 2-way shipping lanes and on the right shows us entering the 1st lock.
Shown below, it impressed us the amount of roadway tunneled through miles of mountains. When we saw vehicles on the bridge it was our only indicator there was a roadway.
Below is one of several "Hanging Coffins" suspended by 2 wooden poles along the Yangtze River. (look in the crevasse approx. half way down the picture) It is an unsolved mystery as to why and how coffins like the one shown below are placed. One would have to go to great effort to place a coffin like the one shown.
This short video was fun for us to watch others order and eat odd deep fried "things" on a stick. One person told us the stinger on the scorpion made his tongue numb.
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That is really a WONDERFUL post @steem-samiam!!!
Love China, I have been a couple of times at different places of China and I think it is one of the most magical destinations on the planet!!!
By the way, I saved that picture, Love it 💗
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I'm totally honored you liked my photo enough to save it! Thanks!!
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Sure! Keep traveling and write again, please. But I have to admit, the tiger photo made me a little bit jealous :D
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Wow! I love the photo with that bridge between the two mountains! It looks like it would be nerve-wracking to drive across! It reminds me of the "Bridge of the Vultures' Nests" in Spain.
The shipping lanes photos are also very interesting. I've never gotten to see those from the inside, before, but have watched barges pass through the locks on the Mississippi River from time to time.
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Moving through the locks was shockingly fast for a lock system, but the whole Yangtze River cruise was awesome, especially listening to a guide point down and tell us her family house is 70 feet that way. This Bridge of Vultures Nests it sounds ominous! I'll have to check it out:)
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The dam flooded where her home was? Ouch! I hope they were compensated for that! I think I would have passed on the fried scorpion stinger. That sounds like all the wrong kinds of spicy. And those coffins... Why would anyone do that? Very odd.
Hrm, well the translation is rough. "Puente de los Buitreros" can be a few things. "Bridge where vultures wait" may have been a better choice.
You'll have to forgive the photo. All I had at that time was a point-and-shoot, which was just as well. I wasn't with those people and ended up getting lost for hours in the mountains, only to come out at some guy's goat farm in the middle of nowhere!
As for the bridge, you can see the "edge" is really only about a foot high. Just high enough to trip the person not paying attention and send them pirouetting off the edge!
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Holy! No wonder that bridge was given a name like that! Definitely a great point and shoot picture :) With getting lost and the goat farm, I'm really glad you didn't say you heard banjo's playing too! What an adventure, and thanks for showing me the bridge pic!
As for the River flooding, a local told us that if you had a shack to begin with, you were built a shack many feet higher, and equally, if you had a nicer home, you were given a nicer home.
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So they basically just moved people. I guess that's pretty fair. Here, someone's the government claims eminent domain and is supposed to pay a fair price for property loss. At least from some of the cases I've heard, it's seldom enough to purchase a comparable home.
I seemed to have quite a few odd adventures-gone-wrong in Spain... Lol. Good times, and I lived to tell the tales!
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