Three Gorges Dam: The World's Most Powerful Dam #factsnews #shorts

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It is claimed that the Three Gorges Dam is slowing the Earth's rotation. The dam's enormous capacity can retain a maximum of 42 billion tons of water. This shift may affect Earth, according to NASA experts. It took 17 years, and 40,000 people worked on the dam. Three Gorges Dam's cost is 37 billion US dollars, shown in the audit result of the Three Gorges Project's final accounts. It can produce 22,500 MW of energy powered by the 32 6000-ton generators installed. The biggest dam on the entire planet is this one. It is on the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia, a hydroelectric project. The Three Gorges Dam is 2.2 km long and 607 ft above sea level. This large structure required 27.2 million cubic meters of concrete and 463,000 tons of steel. This material is already enough to build around 63 Eiffel towers. By holding the Yangtze River at bay during the flood season.

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