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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed tagging issue in the quick facts box. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Fixed spacing issue in quick facts box. | Nov 05, 2026 | ||
| Article updated and quick facts box added. | Nov 05, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Three Gorges Dam: Does it accelerate or delay the progress towards eliminating transmission of schistosomiasis in China? | Aug 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Environmental Research Letters - How the three Gorges Dam affects the hydrological cycle in the mid-lower Yangtze River: a perspective based on decadal water temperature changes. | May 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Science Show - Three Gorges Dam brings great benefit, but at great cost. | Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Three Gorges Dam: Does it accelerate or delay the progress towards eliminating transmission of schistosomiasis in China? | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Environmental Research Letters - Ten years of the Three Gorges Dam: a call for policy overhaul (PDF). | Feb 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Key Technologies of the Hydraulic Structures of the Three Gorges Project (PDF). | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The Three Gorges Project: Development and Environmental Issues (PDF). | Oct 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - China�s Three Gorges Dam: Development, Displacement, and Degradation. | Sep 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Association for Asian Studies - The Three Gorges: Dam Energy, the Environment, and the New Emperors. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Changed 111.88 kilowatt hours to 111.88 terawatt hours. | Oct 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Scientific Visualization Studio - Rise of the Three Gorges Dam. | Aug 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Environmental Science - Managing the Three Gorges Dam to Implement Environmental Flows in the Yangtze River. | Jul 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Montana State University - Three Gorges Dam. | May 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN Style - Chinas Three Gorges Dam is one of the largest ever created. Was it worth it? | Sep 03, 2022 | ||
| Added additional detail about the ship lift's capacity, the record-setting volume of power generation in 2020, and heavy flooding in 2020. | Sep 27, 2021 | ||
| Article revised. | May 28, 2020 | ||
| Mentioned that it is the most productive hydroelectric dam in the world. Added cross-references. | Feb 25, 2019 | ||
| Replaced media. | Feb 25, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mount Hoyoke - The Three Gorges Dam Project. | Oct 31, 2017 | ||
| Updated discussion of the dam's hydroelectric power capacity, ship locks, and ship lift. | May 15, 2017 | ||
| Article updated to note the generating capacity of the dam's 26 existing and 32 eventual turbines. | Aug 18, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: International Rivers - Three Gorges Dam. | Mar 26, 2009 | ||
| New article added. | Aug 27, 2008 |
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