Fengdu City

This city of 760,000 on the banks of the Yangtze river in central China, will be underwater in 2009 due to construction of the world's largest dam, the Three Gorges Dam. The 700-year-old temple on the right is farther up the mountainside and will be preserved.

Fengdu City		August 2001		Previous \| Home \| Next
This city of 760,000 on the banks of the Yangtze river in central China, will be underwater in 2009 due to construction of the world's largest dam, the Three Gorges Dam. The 700-year-old temple on the right is farther up the mountainside and will be preserved.