 | Flood waters are putting China's massive Three Gorges Dam to the test and raising water levels on its longest river, the Yangtze, after weeks of floods nationwide killed about 700 people. Water is being released July 30 2007 from the reservoir behind the world's largest hydroelectric project through giant sluice gates, raising water levels downstream. click to open  |
 | Flood waters are putting China's massive Three Gorges Dam to the test and raising water levels on its longest river, the Yangtze, after weeks of floods nationwide killed about 700 people. Water is being released July 30 2007 from the reservoir behind the world's largest hydroelectric project through giant sluice gates, raising water levels downstream. click to open  |
 | Flood waters are putting China's massive Three Gorges Dam to the test and raising water levels on its longest river, the Yangtze, after weeks of floods nationwide killed about 700 people. Water is being released July 30 2007 from the reservoir behind the world's largest hydroelectric project through giant sluice gates, raising water levels downstream. click to open  |
 | Engineers wave red flags to celebrate the completion of concrete placement on the main wall of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, in central China's Hubei province Saturday May 20, 2006. Construction crews finished the main dam structure of the world's largest hydroelectric project on Saturday, state media reported. click to open  |
 | Water is released from the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province, May 17, 2006. China completed construction on Saturday of the giant Three Gorges Dam wall, a milestone in the world's largest hydroelectricity project which is also designed to tame the flood-prone Yangtze river. click to open  |
 | Workers walk in front of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province, May 17, 2006. click to open  |
 | A general view shows the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province, May 17, 2006. click to open  |
 | A family walks in front of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province, May 17, 2006. click to open  |
 | The giant gates on the ship lock which can handle vessels of up to 10,000-tonnes in two hours and 45 minutes, on the Three Gorges Dam project in Yichang. After 13 years of immense physical effort and technical ingenuity, China put the finishing touches to its controversial Three Gorges dam, the world's largest hydropower project.( click to open  |
 | Workers make the final preparations on the Three Gorges Dam project in Yichang, on 17 May 2006. After 13 years of immense physical effort and technical ingenuity, China put the finishing touches to its controversial Three Gorges dam, the world's largest hydropower project. click to open  |