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"China's Plans For Himalayan Super Dam Stoke Fears In India" [1]

"China is planning a mega dam in Tibet able to produce triple the electricity generated by the Three Gorges—the world's largest power station—stoking fears among environmentalists and in neighbouring India.

The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the world's longest and deepest canyon at an altitude of more than 1,500 metres (4,900 feet).

The project in Tibet's Medog County is expected to dwarf the record-breaking Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China, and is billed as able to produce 300 billion kilowatts of electricity each year."

Patrick Baert and Bhuvan Bagga report for Phys.org April 11, 2021. [2]

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Source: Phys.org [2], 04/12/2021
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