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The Yangtze River has abundant hydropower and biological resources. In the past few decades, dozens of hydropower stations have been built on the river to generate electricity. The establishment of dams cut off the Yangtze's ecological corridor; many migratory fish could not survive and are on the verge of extinction.
This project aims to build a fish migration channel on the Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydroelectric power station in the Yangtze River, and to reconnect the biological corridors in the Yangtze River Basin. Through the analysis of the deep ground layers and the land adaptability evaluation of the Three Gorges, a potential fishway can be found. Manual excavation of river channels around the dam can reconnect the upstream and downstream of the dam, and thus the Yangtze's biological corridors.
This project demonstrates the construction of artificial river channels and the process of water erosion. It also explores the connection and influence of deep ground on artificial river channels. This strategy can be transplanted to other dams, interact with other fishways and rebuild the ecological corridors of the Yangtze River.
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China. The topography of the Yangtze River Basin is high in the west and low in the east, forming a huge, three-level ladder.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data informs the land adaptability evaluation.
The fishway connects upstream and downstream of the dam, and connects with underground water.
Different parts of the fishway exhibit different topographies.
Physical models show the topography and deep ground layers of the fishway through 3D printing and the stacking of coloured sand.