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Yangtze diversion.

Authors :
Kosowatz, John J.
Source :
ENR: Engineering News-Record. 08/25/97, Vol. 239 Issue 8, p34. 4p. 6 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

Reports on developments in the Three Gorges Dam project of the Yangtze Three Gorges Development Corp. in China. Diversion of the Yangtze trough a channel carved out of the river's right bank; Dam as the centerpiece of China's flood control and hydropower scheme; Project as the largest volume concrete dam in the world.

Subjects

Subjects :
*DAM design & construction

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08919526
Volume :
239
Issue :
8
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
ENR: Engineering News-Record
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9711070104