Flood water is discharged
through the sluice gates of the Three Gorges Dam to lower water
level in the reservoir, in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, July
30, 2007. Flood waters are putting China's massive Three Gorges Dam to the
test and raising water levels on its longest river, the Yangtze Rivery.
Water is being released from the reservoir behind the world's largest
hydroelectric project through giant sluice gates, raising water levels
downstream. [Newsphoto]
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