GEOG 1000 Lecture 27: GEOG 1000 – (Jan. 25th)
8 Jul 2016
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Most of the world"s large dams is in asia. (image) China"s greatest river, 3rd biggest river by volume. River flows through an area called the three gorges. Avenue of entry into the chinese interior (before cars). Much of this landscape is flooded today. Ships here are tour boats, to see the landscape before it was flooded. Development: bringing about better standards of living (for the nation), primarily economic changes of living. Three gorges dam was built to control flooding. Large dams & development: navigation, shipping, & commerce (images) The three gorges slowed down the river, locks changed the water level. (15000 miles inland). Therefore, the ships were able to get to chongqing. This is largely important for bringing about the national development. Currently china gets 70% of power from burning coal: this is a problem because its bad for the environment, air pollution, and global warming. (pumping carbon into the atmosphere). Hydro-power as a green alternative to coal.
