Floodwater released from the Three Gorges Dam
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-07-18 21:46
![Floodwater gushes out from the eight-hole sluice gate on the Three Gorges Dam Tuesday, July 18, 2008. The hydro-power project, the world's largest of its kind, has played an active role in storing the floodwater and lagging flood peak during the summer flood season ever since the tearing down of the cofferdam on June 6 this year. It is the first time the sluice gate was raised to release floodwater from the reservoir. [newsphoto]](xin_1707031821465212816917.jpg)
Floodwater from the continuous rainstorm on the upper reaches of Yangtze
River gushes out of the eight-hole sluice gate on the Three Gorges
Dam Tuesday, July 18, 2006. The hydro-power project, the world's largest of
its kind, has played an active role in storing the floodwater and lagging
flood peak during the summer flood season ever since
the tearing down of the cofferdam on June 6 this year. It is the
first time the sluice gate was raised to release floodwater from the reservoir.
[newsphoto]
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