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4CM Pros and Cons
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Pros:  Cons:
 * Stop floods/stopped people from dying.
 * Generates clean electricity in large amounts.
 * Large amounts of river traffic-more money, more trade.
 * Easier transportation because of the locks.
 * Provided a lot of work for many people for many of years.
 * Tourism
 * Chinese are very proud.
 * China was made even more famous because of the Dam.
 * Creates a world record for being the largest hydro-electric dam in the world.
 * More than 10,000 tons of toxic waste have been removed from the reservoir.
 * Provides drinking water for Beijing and other places in China.
 * The 1.5M displaced people will receive villages and factories with wide streets, modern conveniences, and water treatment plants.
 * The water level will rise 575 feet.
 * Water is rising.
 * Chinese being moved from their homes.
 * Animals becoming extinct
 * A huge amount of land being blown up with dynamite-a lot of pollution of dust.
 * Ancient Artifacts were lost forever.
 * Old cities flooded, new cities built.
 * Silt gathering in the reservoir.
 * Built on a fault line-this is very dangerous.
 * More boats, more pollution.
 * Archaeologist weren't given enough time to study the artifacts.
 * The Yangtze is no longer able to flush away the various pollutants that are put into it.
 * The environmental impacts of the project are profound, and are likely to get worse as time goes on.

Facts: Questions raised:
 * 1) The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric river dam.
 * 2) The Three Gorge Dam is the largest type of dam of any kind.
 * 3) The Three Gorges Dam 610 foot high wall and runs 1.3 miles from bank to bank.
 * 4) The reservoir for the Three Gorges Dam extends 360 miles up river to Chongqing.
 * 5) The Three Gorges Dam is a 610 foot high wall and runs 1. 3 miles from bank to bank.
 * 6) The Three Gorges Dam was constructed to prevent floods and provide hydroelectricity.
 * 7) The Three Gorges Dam is downriver from Chongqing and between Feng Jie.
 * 8) The Three Gorges Dam is one of China's 5 major tourist attractions.
 * 9) The Three Gorges Dam has 26 hydroelectricity generators.
 * 10) The Three Gorges Dam's construction began in 1998.
 * 11) The Three Gorges Dam's turbines swirl the river water at a tremendous speed that creates hydroelectricity.