Series of natural gorges on the Yangtze River in China
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Three Gorges
Qutang Gorge in 2009
Elevation
440 ft (134 m)
Traversed by
Yangtze River
Location
Hubei/Chongqing, China
Range
Wu Mountains
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Three Gorges
Simplified Chinese
三峡
Traditional Chinese
三峽
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Sānxiá
Wade–Giles
San1-hsia2
IPA
[sán.ɕjǎ]ⓘ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Saam1-haap6
IPA
[saːm˥ haːp̚˨]
Southern Min
Tâi-lô
Sam-kiap
The Three Gorges (simplified Chinese: 三峡; traditional Chinese: 三峽; pinyin: Sānxiáⓘ) are three adjacent and sequential gorges along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River path, in the hinterland of the People's Republic of China. With a subtropical monsoon climate, they are known for their scenery.
The Three Gorges—comprising the Qutang, followed by the Wu, and finally the Xiling gorges—span 193 miles (311 km), beginning at Baidi City of Chongqing, in the west and ending at Nanjing Pass, at Yichang City, Hubei Province, in the east, between which are the Fengjie and Wu Mountains of Chongqing, as well as Badong, Zigui, and Yichang of Hubei Province.
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