I-Three Gorges Dam iyidamu lamanzi adonsela phansi elinqamula uMfula i-Yangtze ngasedolobheni laseSandouping, esifundeni sase-Yiling, e-Yichang, esifundazweni sase-Hubei, e-China. I-Three Gorges Dam iyisiteshi sikagesi esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ngokomthamo ofakiwe (22,500 MW). Ngo-2014 idamu lakhiqiza amahora angu-98.8 e-terawatt-amahora (TWh) futhi libe nerekhodi lomhlaba, kodwa ladlulwa yiDamu lase-Itaipú, elabeka irekhodi lomhlaba elisha ngo-2016, likhiqiza i-103.1 TWh.
Ngaphandle kwezingidi, iphrojekthi yedamu yaqedwa futhi yasebenza ngokugcwele kusukela ngomhlaka-4 Julayi, 2012, lapho okokugcina kweziphehlisi zamanzi ezinkulu endaweni engaphansi komhlaba kuqala ukukhiqizwa. Ukukhushulwa komkhumbi kwaqedwa ngoZibandlela wezi-2015.Injini ngayinye enkulu yamanzi inomthamo ongu-700 MW.[9][10] Umzimba wedamu waqedwa ngo-2006. Ukuhlanganisa ophephela bedamu abakhulu abangama-32 namajeneretha amabili amancane (50 MW ngalinye) ukuze kuphehlwe isikhungo ngokwaso, amandla aphehla ugesi edamu angu-22,500 MW.
Kanye nokukhiqiza ugesi, idamu kuhloswe ngalo ukukhulisa umthamo wemikhumbi yoMfula i-Yangtze futhi kuncishiswe amandla ezikhukhula ezansi nomfula ngokunikeza indawo yokugcina izikhukhula. I-China ibheka lo msebenzi njengesikhumbuzo kanye nempumelelo kwezenhlalo nakwezomnotho, ngokuklanywa kwezinjini zomoya ezinkulu zesimanje, kanye nomnyakazo wokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwesisi esingcolisa umoya. abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.3, futhi kubangela izinguquko ezinkulu zemvelo, okuhlanganisa ukwanda kwengozi yokudilika kwenhlabathi. Idamu libe nempikiswano ngaphakathi nangaphandle.