Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World

Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World

January 01, 1998 | 53 min

Explores the plans for the construction of the monumental dam on China's Yangtze River, the structure that when completed in 2009 will become the Three Gorges Dam. It is slated to be 610 feet high, 1.3 miles across, creating a reservoir 400 miles and the largest power plant in the world.

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Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Jodie Foster

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