World's Most Powerful Dam Opens In China [PICS]

Just as it's hitting its annual flood peak, China has officially launched the last 32 generators at the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, making it the most powerful hydropower station in the world. Earlier in the week, waterflow through the dame peaked at 70 000 cubic metres per second.
The dam, which first opened in 2003, was built with two primary purposes, "a solution to the frequent floods of China's longest river ...

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