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Hard and Soft Engineering:
CASE STUDIES:
The three Gorges Dam, China , Yangtze-
Largest HEP dam in the world
Goals:
Power generation
Flood Control
Navigation
Tourism
It is 3,937 miles long with an annual discharge of 960 billion cubic meters of water into the East China Sea.
The source of the river is glacial ice form the mountain range south-west of Chongquing.
The generators will be able to produce as much power as eighteen nuclear power plants
1.3 – 1.9 million people are being forced to move.
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- a level Geography Note on Hard and Soft Engineering, created by jessica.simms on 22/02/2015.
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