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Rise of the Three Gorges Dam, impacting wildlife and species

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Rise of the Three Gorges Dam, impacting wildlife and species

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(https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003400/a003433/3GorgesComposite.1500.jpg)

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Actual Citizens in Comparison to Tourists

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Actual Citizens in Comparison to Tourists

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(http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1991055/flood-doubts-sceptical-public-questions-three-gorges-dams-capacity-stop)

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Flood of doubts: sceptical public questions Three Gorges Dam's capacity to stop disasters

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Public doubts about the Three Gorges Dam's role in flood control have resurfaced as communities along the Yantgze River, China's longest waterway, battle the area's worst floods since 1998....

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(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20101104/0023ae9885da0e3c4f8810.jpg)

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(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/10/11/4160664_Yangtse_white_river_dolphin_credit_Wuhan_Institute_of_Hydrobiology_The_photo_was_taken_b-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQiCYa_HX2bZjWLd-HeeIK_YJNoXobu7XZEgn7aaogXE.jpg)

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(http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-124366/Sightseeing-boats-travel-through-the-Three-Gorges-region-of-the)

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Yangtze River: sightseeing boats Three Gorges

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Sightseeing boats travel through the Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), in Hubei Province, China. The water level in the canyons is much higher than it had been before the Three Gorges Dam was built.

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(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/48517000/jpg/_48517216_009876854-1.jpg)

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The Three Gorges Dam has major social impacts as well. The reservoir created by the dam flooded 156,00 acres of land, forcing millions of residents to relocate and lose their homes and jobs (A Struggle for Power in China). Indeed the dam itself creates a few jobs for citizens, but it does not equate to the amount jobs and homes lost to the flooded towns of Chongqing, Jiangjin, and Yongchuan.

Though opponents would state the irrigation benefits by the water controlled by the dam, the diverse crops that required annual crops will be lost. Though people can create innovative ways to utilize their water source, they can never reverse the loss of biodiversity of their crops.
Moreover, the dam submerged beautiful cliffs and mountains that had once lined the Yangtze River, ruining the natural aesthetic and cultural relics that were previously on the banks. (http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2015/ph240/mikkelsen2/).

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The dam and the canyons near the rivers may be great tourist sites, but, we shouldn't risk the animals, plants, and humans living in the areas for some money that comes through tourism. And even if there are many tourists to see the new  "Wonder of the World", it would take years for the tourism income to displace the $10.4 billion of money it cost to create the Three Gorges Dam (A Struggle for Power in China).

There is also no question that the dam produces immense amounts of hydroelectric power and energy but it comes at the cost of the Chinese citizens who only earn an average of less that $5000 per year (A Struggle of Power in China)

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In creating the Three Gorges Dam, many of the fish, wildlife, and plant species that lives on or near the river that are not suited to the new flow, temperature, or depth of the reservoir and dammed river will be in great danger (A Struggle for Power in China). An unfortunate example of such concerns is  the Chinese river dolphin, a living relic of Chinese history that is now critically extinct due to the dam. In addition, there will be changes to the habitat, which is detrimental to the well established food web and the biodiversity of species.

Indeed, the Three Gorges Dam produces 84 terwatt-hours of hydroelectric energy annually benefiting the atmosphere (http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2015/ph240/mikkelsen2/). But, altering the river flow of a natural habitat can directly affect biodiversity and productivity in wetlands and lakes downstream of a dam. There may be a surplus of energy, but with the depletion of thousands of species, especially with primary production, which will ultimately impact our food source. (A Struggle for Power in China)