The relocated people of the Three Gorges

March 2008 The Three Gorges Dam is situated in the Yangtze River in central China, bordering the province of Hubei and the autonomous municipality of Chongqing. Its concrete structure was completed in 2003, and since then water has been rising relentlessly. The last of the families will have left their land by 2009, when the dam becomes completely operational. By then the water level will have reached its maximum (175 metres above sea level) and the mechanical ship lifts and turbines will hav..