Yangtze River Dam Background

Yangtze
Reporter's
Notebook

Background
Overview
Resources

The web sites listed here will direct you to background information about the Three Gorges region and the Dam Project that will help you put this story in context.

Historical Context

History Lost to Yangtze Damming

Great Wall Across the Yangtze

Yangtze River Dam

Geographical Context

Yangtze River Three Gorges Tour

International Rivers Network - an ecological overview of the area and the effects of the dam on the Yangtze River region

Visible Earth - Flooding in Central China - NASA satellite photos of the region during flooding events and at various other times over several years

Mountains and Rivers in China

An introductionto Yangze River, Three Gorges ...