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Touring Shijiapo in China

Shijiapo in the region of Hubei is a city located in China - some 701 mi or ( 1128 km ) South-West of Beijing , the country's capital city .

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Time in Shijiapo is now 03:07 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Shanghai " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Zhicheng, Yicheng, Xiangfan, Hsi-an, and Wuhan. Being here already, consider visiting Zhicheng . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Shijiapo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Touring the Three Gorges Dam

4:30 min by arturoescobosa
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Three Gorges Dam tour and lock pass ..

Drei Schluchten Damm, Jangtsekiang - China

5:41 min by myVideoMedia1
Views: 2930 Rating: 5.00

www.myvideomedia.de English see below [dt.] Die wartenden Kreuzfahrtschiffe kündigen bereits den Drei-Schluchten-Damm an. Dann liegt dieses gewaltige, aber auch umstrittene Bauwerk vor uns. 105 m betr ..


Chine08 à 10 — Croisière sur le Yangzi

7:29 min by JeanPierreMartel
Views: 1714 Rating: 0.00

Description (in French) : jpmartel.wordpress.com ..

50Fotos -- Yangtze River & Three Gorges Dam, China

2:37 min by Greg Knudsen
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50Fotos of a Yangtze River cruise from Yichang to Chongqing, China, including a stop at Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydo-electric dam, going through its locks, passage through the Three Gorg ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity. In the year of 2012, the amount of electricity the dam generated is neck to neck with the Itaipu Dam.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 30.84 111.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Dam controversies, Dams completed in 2008, Dams in China, Gravity dams, Hydroelectric power stations in Hubei, Yangtze River, Yichang

Taipingxi

Taipingxi Town is a town in Yiling District of Yichang Prefecture-level city of China's Hubei Province. It is located on the left (northern) side of the Yangtze River, near the northern end of the Three Gorges Dam. As an administrative unit, Taipingxi occupies 152 square km (mostly, rural area), and has the population of 27,000 people. Taipingxi town center is situated on on the Three Gorges Reservoir, less than a kilometer north-west of the Three Gorges Dam's ship locks.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 30.85 111.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Township-level divisions of Hubei, Yichang

HVDC Gezhouba–Shanghai

The HVDC Gezhouba–Shanghai is a high voltage direct current electric power transmission system between Gezhouba and Nanqiao near Shanghai, China put in service in 1989. The bipolar 1,046-kilometre line is rated at 500 kV and a maximum power of 1,200 MW.

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Located at 30.73 111.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Electric power infrastructure in China, Energy infrastructure completed in 1989, HVDC transmission lines