to control flooding on the Yangtze and provide electrical power for a huge part of the country(passive) is designedThe Three Gorges Dam

to boost China(passive) was designedThe Three Gorges Dam

to help China ’s expanding economy and to control the violent Yangtze River(passive) was designedThe Three Gorges Dam

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which cost China a whopping $ 37 Billion to construct(passive) can be discovered hereThe Three Gorges Dam

one - ninth of China 's electrical powerwill be createdat the Three Gorges Dam

if it ’s rather terrifying that China can displace over a million of its citizensto createthe Three Gorges Dam

to withstand a " thousand year flood(passive) was designedThe Three Gorges Dam

to withstand earthquakes up to seven in magnitude(passive) is designedThe Three Gorges dam

substantial flooding of the Yangtze River valleyoriginatingfrom the Three Gorges Dam

to withstand an earthquake of 7 on the Richter scale(passive) is designedThe Three Gorges Dam

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to stop flooding on the Yangtze River and produce enough electricity to light Shanghai(passive) was designedThe Three Gorges dam

to serve three primary purposes : flood control for the millions of people living downstream , including the cities of Wuhan , Nanjing and Shanghai ; hydroelectric power production , generating approximately 22,500MW from 32 main turbines , and navigation improvement along the Yangtze River , enabling a sharp rise in the number of cargo ships and tourist cruise ferries(passive) was createdThe Three Gorges Dam

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to control the water from upper stream to reduce the water and sand sediment from pouring into the Dongting Lake during flood season , until a more optimal time to discharge the water(passive) was designedThe Three Gorges Dam

to hold water to 175 meters(passive) was designedThe Three Gorges Dam

to play a large role in flood control , power generation and waterway transport(passive) was designedThe Three Gorges Dam

to serve three main purposes : flood control , hydropower generation and traffic improvement , which some believe is a major advantage of the dam(passive) is designedThe Three Gorges Dam

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to control floodwaters that regularly kill thousands when the river overflows its inadequate dikes(passive) is designedThe Three Gorges Dam

endangered animal and plant species ... geologic fault linescould leadto an earthquake)BenefitsThe Three Gorges Dam

to resist the kind of torrential flood that only occurs very rarely(passive) is designedthe Three Gorges Dam

to supply urban energy needs(passive) is primarily setThe Three Gorges Dam

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the Changjiang Institute of Survey , Planning , Design and Researchhad designedthe Three Gorges Dam

to face problems based on the rate of sedimentation(passive) is setThe Three Gorges Dam

to raise the reservoir to its final height of 175 metres despite scientists ’ warnings that this would lead to more frequent landslides and earthquakes and choke the busy upstream port of Chongqing with sediment(passive) are setThree Gorges dam

to prevent disasters like this from happening again(passive) has been createdThe Three Gorges Dam

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heavy rainfall in the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River(passive) are triggered bythe Three Gorges Dam

to produce hydroelectricity(passive) was createdThe Three Gorges Dam

to generate more energy for Chinas growing economy(passive) was createdThe Three Gorges Dam