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The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW). In 2014 the dam generated 98.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) and had the world record, but was surpassed by the Itaipú Dam, which set the new world record in 2016, producing 103.1 TWh.

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the most powerful hydroeleric project in history china's three - gorges dam, has slowed earth's rotation down by 0 0806 microsconders

The final 32 generators went into operation this week, making it the world's largest hydropower project, pictured, built on the Yangtze River in China.

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