South-central China
Hubei
Yichang

Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam, officially known as Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, China
  • Also known as: “3 Gorges Dam”, “Three Gorges”, “三峡”, and “三峡水利枢纽工程”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taipingxi and Sandouping.

Town
Town is a town in Yiling District of Prefecture-level city of China's Province. It is located on the left side of the Yangtze River, near the northern end of the Three Gorges Dam.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in Yiling District of prefecture-level city in the Chinese province of . It is located on the right bank of the River, next to Yiling District's border with to the west. is situated 6 km east of Three Gorges Dam.

Three Gorges Dam

Latitude
30.82463° or 30° 49′ 29″ north
Longitude
111.0045° or 111° 0′ 16″ east
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
Height
115 metres (377 feet)
Open location code
8P2HR2F3+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 894098127
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
6354946
Wiki­data ID
Q12514
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Three Gorges Dam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Drieklowedam”
  • Arabic: “سد الممرات الثلاثة”
  • Aragonese: “Entibo d’as Tres Foces”
  • Aragonese: “Entibo das Tres Foces”
  • Armenian: “Երեք կիրճ”
  • Assamese: “তিনি গিৰিসংকটৰ বান্ধ”
  • Asturian: “Banzáu de les Tres Foces”
  • Asturian: “Banzáu de les Trés Foces”
  • Azerbaijani: “Üç dərə SES”
  • Azerbaijani: “Üçdərə SES”
  • Bashkir: “ГЭС Өс тарлауыҡ”
  • Bashkir: “Өс тарлауыҡ ГЭС-ы”
  • Basque: “Hiru Arroiletako presa”
  • Belarusian: “ГЭС Тры цясніны”
  • Belarusian: “ГЭС Тры цясьніны”
  • Bengali: “তিন গিরিসংকটের বাঁধ”
  • Bhojpuri: “थ्री गॉर्जिज डैम”
  • Bosnian: “Brana Tri sutjeske”
  • Breton: “Stankell an Teir C’hanienn”
  • Breton: “Stankell an Teir Chanienn”
  • Bulgarian: “Три клисури”
  • Burmese: “မြစ်ကျဉ်းသုံးသွယ် ရေကာတာ”
  • Catalan: “presa de les Tres Gorges”
  • Catalan: “Presa de les Tres Gorges”
  • Cebuano: “Three Gorges Dam”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەنداوی سێ دەرە”
  • Chechen: “Кхо чӀож”
  • Chinese: “Sam-kiap Chúi-pà”
  • Chinese: “Sānxiá Dàbà”
  • Chinese: “三峡大坝”
  • Chinese: “三峡工程”
  • Chinese: “三峽大坝”
  • Chinese: “三峽大壩”
  • Chinese: “三峽工程”
  • Chinese: “長江三峽水利樞紐工程”
  • Chinese: “长江三峡水利枢纽工程”
  • Cornish: “Arge an Tri Hownans”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Üç dere benti”
  • Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Tri klanca”
  • Czech: “Tři soutěsky”
  • Danish: “De Tre Slugters Dæmning”
  • Dutch: “Drie Klovendam”
  • Dutch: “Drieklovendam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد الخوانق التلاته”
  • Esperanto: “Baraĵo Tri Gorĝoj”
  • Estonian: “Kolme Kuristiku pais”
  • Estonian: “Kolme Kuristiku tamm”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Three Gorges Dam”
  • Finnish: “Kolmen rotkon pato”
  • French: “barrage des Trois-Gorges”
  • French: “Barrage des Trois-Gorges”
  • Galician: “Encoro das Tres Gargantas”
  • Gan Chinese: “三峽大壩”
  • Georgian: “სანსია”
  • German: “Drei-Schluchten-Damm”
  • German: “Drei-Schluchten-Staudamm”
  • German: “Drei-Schluchten-Talsperre”
  • German: “Dreischluchtentalsperre”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα των Τριών Φαραγγιών”
  • Hebrew: “סכר שלושת הערוצים”
  • Hindi: “थ्री गॉर्जेस डैम”
  • Hungarian: “Három-szurdok-gát”
  • Hungarian: “Három-szurdok-vízerőmű”
  • Icelandic: “Þriggja gljúfra stíflan”
  • Iloko: “Penned ti Tallo a Baw-ang”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Tiga Ngarai”
  • Irish: “Damba na dTrí Mhám”
  • Italian: “diga delle Tre Gole”
  • Italian: “Diga delle Tre Gole”
  • Italian: “Progetto Tre Gole”
  • Japanese: “三峡ダム”
  • Kabiyè: “Pɔlɩɩɩ Fɛɛʋ Naadozo Tɔʋʋ”
  • Kazakh: “Үш шатқал бөгеті”
  • Khmer: “Three Gorges Dam”
  • Korean: “싼샤 댐”
  • Kurdish: “Bendava Sê Newala”
  • Lao: “ເຂື່ອນສາມຜາ”
  • Latin: “Moles Trium Angustiarum”
  • Latvian: “Triju aizu aizsprosts”
  • Latvian: “Triju aizu dambis”
  • Lithuanian: “Trijų tarpeklių užtvanka”
  • Lombard: “Diga di Tre Gole”
  • Low German: “Dree-Sluchten-Damm”
  • Malay: “Bendungan Tiga Ngarai”
  • Malay: “Empangan Tiga Gaung”
  • Malay: “امڤڠن تيݢ ݢاءوڠ”
  • Malay: “بندوڠن تيݢ ڠاراي”
  • Malayalam: “ത്രീ ഗോർജസ് അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Marathi: “तीन दऱ्यांचे धरण”
  • Mazanderani: “سه دره سد”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “سد الممرات الثلاثة”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sam-kiap Chúi-pà”
  • Nepali: “तीन गल्छी बाँध”
  • Nepali: “थ्री गर्जेज बाँध”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De tre kløfters demning”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tre kløfter-demninga”
  • Norwegian: “De tre kløfters demning”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Restanca de las Tres Gòrjas”
  • Panjabi: “ਤਿੰਨ ਘਾਟੀ ਡੈਮ”
  • Persian: “سد سه‌دره”
  • Piemontese: “Diga dle Tre Gole”
  • Polish: “Tama Trzech Przełomów”
  • Polish: “Zapora Trzech Przełomów”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem das Três Gargantas”
  • Portuguese: “Hidrelétrica das Três Gargantas”
  • Portuguese: “Hidrelétrica de Três Gargantas”
  • Romanian: “Barajul celor Trei Defileuri”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Sanxia”
  • Russian: “Три ущелья”
  • Serbian: “Брана Три клисуре”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brana Tri kanjona”
  • Slovak: “Tri rokliny”
  • Slovenian: “Jez Treh sotesk”
  • Spanish: “Presa de las Tres Gargantas”
  • Spanish: “TRES GARGANTAS”
  • Swahili: “Lambo la Magenge Matatu”
  • Swedish: “De tre ravinernas damm”
  • Swiss German: “Drei-Schluchten-Talsperre”
  • Tagalog: “Prinsa ng Tatlong Bangin”
  • Tamil: “மூன்று ஆழ்பள்ளத்தாக்கு அணை”
  • Tatar: “Öç tarlawıq”
  • Telugu: “త్రీ గోర్జెస్ డ్యామ్”
  • Thai: “เขื่อนซานเสียต้าป้า”
  • Thai: “เขื่อนสามโตรก”
  • Thai: “เขื่อนสามผา”
  • Thai: “เขื่อนสามหุบเขา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Drei-Schluchten-Talsperre”
  • Turkish: “Üç Boğaz Barajı”
  • Udmurt: “Куинь урвандэм”
  • Ukrainian: “«Три уще́лини» гребля”
  • Ukrainian: “Три ущелини”
  • Urdu: “تین گھاٹی بند”
  • Uzbek: “Uch dara to’g’oni”
  • Uzbek: “Uch dara toʻgʻoni”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Tam Hiệp”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Three Gorges Dam”
  • Welsh: “Argae’r Tri Cheunant”
  • Welsh: “Argaer Tri Cheunant”
  • Western Panjabi: “تن گلا بند”
  • Western Panjabi: “تن گھاٹی ڈیم”
  • Wu Chinese: “长江三峡水利枢纽工程”
  • Yiddish: “דריי-בארגשפאלטן-דאמבע”
  • Yiddish: “דריי-שלוכטן-דאמבע”
  • Yue Chinese: “三峽大壩”
  • “थ्री गॉर्जिज डैम”

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