Three Gorges Dam and Gezhou Dam on the Yangtze River

In fact, from the appearance, the Three Gorges Dam is an enlarged version of the Gezhouba Water Conservancy Project, with both parts. The difference between the main dam body and the ship lock is that there is only one ship lock on each state dam, while the Three Gorges Dam is a 5-level ship lock due to a larger drop. Some people say that the Gezhouba Water Conservancy Project is a test specimen of the Three Gorges Dam.

The Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River and the Gezhouba Dam are separated by 38 kilometers. Generally, taking a cruise ship from Chongqing to Yichang requires passing through the Three Gorges Dam, and most cruise ships will stop there for sightseeing. For more information, please refer to theMeiya Three Gorges Cruise Ticket BookingOfficial Website. Currently, most cruise ships disembark at Maoping Port, so they do not pass through the Gezhouba Water Conservancy Project and are not open for public visits.

The Gezhouba Water Conservancy Hub is located at the end of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in Yichang City, 2.3 kilometers downstream of the Nanjinguan exit of the Three Gorges. It is the first large-scale hydropower station on the Yangtze River and the world's largest low head, high flow, runoff hydropower station. The annual average power generation is 14 billion kilowatt hours.

The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric power project in the world today and the core landscape of the Three Gorges Dam tourist area. The installed capacity reached 22.4 million kilowatt hours. To become the world's largest hydroelectric power station and clean energy production base.