Both but there are many smaller dams above Three Gorges. With monsoon rains continuing unabated across China, should one of the higher dams fail, a domino effect could result along the entire Yangtze River.
Both but there are many smaller dams above Three Gorges. With monsoon rains continuing unabated across China, should one of the higher dams fail, a domino effect could result along the entire Yangtze River.
Thanks for the chart.
It’s a LONG way to the sea.
excerpt: "....The downpours have intensified since last week, causing dozens of Yangtze-basin waterways to post record-high water levels, while more than 400 had exceeded warning levels, Vice Minister of Emergency Management Zheng Guoguang said on Monday."
excerpt: "...Authorities had been monitoring a flood crest as it neared Wuhan, the metropolis of 11 million that the Yangtze winds through and which had already suffered the vast number of China's deaths and cases in the coronavirus pandemic, which first emerged in the city.
They said river levels were decreasing after the crest passed Wuhan on Monday with no reports of major new flooding there."
Map showing provinces worst hit by flooding in China that has left more than 140 people dead as of Jul 13. (AFP/Laurence CHU)
