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The Three Gorges Dam project is currently the world’s largest construction and engineering site, and has been at the center of a substantial amount of controversy over its economic, social and ecological consequences. Located in the Hubei Province of China along the Yangtze River, this 400 mile reservoir will be able to generate 84 billion kilowatts of energy per hour. Yet the project has destroyed 11 cities and has displaced over 1.2 million people.

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