Yangtze Remembered: The River Beneath the Lake

by Linda Butler

In June 2003, the Three Gorges Dam opened and a reservoir the size of lake Superior began to form, inundating 372 miles of China's Yangtze River Valley. As 1,500 cities, towns and villages disappeared beneath the dark waters, more than a million people were being moved. Around the reservoir, huge construction projects are still transforming the landscape; mighty dikes, long bridges, apartment towers, and sprawling cities are springing up.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804747547
• ISBN13: 9780804747547
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Stanford General Books
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.8" x 13.3"