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The Chang Jiang(a.k.a. the Yangtze River)
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Leaving Yichang…our first set of locks
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The Three Gorges Dam
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Ariel view of the dam project
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Hours in the locks to get upstream
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Reservoir on the other side of the dam
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Once the dam project is
completed, the river above the
dam will be much deeper,
as indicated by this measuring
line.
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We docked for the night…
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…and watched the sun set.
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The Three GorgesAlong this part of the river there are three gorges. Here the cliffs along the river are very steep.
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The water is not dirty. It is muddy
like the Mighty
Mississippi.
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We watched another beautiful sunset as we
passed through one of the gorges.
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