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Three Gorges Dam, China

The longest river in Asia, the Yangtze River brings mixed blessings to China. Although it meets the water needs of millions of people, the river regularly overflows its banks. To protect residents and land in the lower Yangtze floodplains, China began construction on the Three Gorges Dam in 1994.


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published June 13, 2007
Data acquired April 17, 1987 - November 7, 2006

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+