Mega Dams

Question 1

When did Three Gorges Dam become operational?

Answer 1

2011

Question 2

What % of electricity is generated by coal in China?

Answer 2

70%

Question 3

What is 3 Gorges in terms of hydroelectric plants?

Answer 3

world’s largest

Question 4

How many more times the electricity does 3 Gorges provide than the Hoover Dam?

Answer 4

X11

Question 5

The cost of displacement and resettling communities

Answer 5

$100billion

Question 6

What has 3 Gorges reduced in China?

Answer 6

coal demand by 50million tonnes annually

Question 7

How many years after construction is 3Gorges meant to be profitable by?

Answer 7

25years

Question 8

How many factories were displaced by 3 Gorges?

Answer 8

1,500

Question 9

How many people were displaced by 3Gorges?

Answer 9

1.9million people

Question 10

What was a cause of pollution at the 3Gorges?

Answer 10

abandoned factories

Question 11

Cost of 3Gorges dam unofficially

Answer 11

$88billion

Question 12

The infrastructure built to resettle those displaced from 3Gorges is said to be…

Answer 12

better built, with greater access to running water and electricity

Question 13

How long is 3Gorges Dam?

Answer 13

2.3km

Question 14

What type of land were people resettled on?

Answer 14

marginal land with steeper slopes and poorer soils

Question 15

What population has now been considered extinct?

Answer 15

Chinese river dolphin

Question 16

What is a problem with the 3Gorges and pollution?

Answer 16

no sewage treatment works yet built

raw sewage from cities like Chongqing allowed to flow downstream and is trapped behind the dam