Three Gorges

Summary

Three Gorges is a canyon^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of canyon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (354 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Three Gorges is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Three Gorges's image is recorded as Qutang Gorge on Changjiang.jpg^[4].
• Three Gorges's instance of is recorded as canyon^[5].
• Three Gorges's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85148992^[6].
• Three Gorges's Commons category is recorded as Three Gorges^[7].
• Three Gorges's has part is recorded as Qutang Gorge^[8].
• Three Gorges's has part is recorded as Wu Gorge^[9].
• Three Gorges's has part is recorded as Xiling Gorge^[10].
• Three Gorges's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.042777777778, 'lon': 109.56138888889}^[11].
• Three Gorges's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0lblq^[12].
• Three Gorges's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Yangtze^[13].
• Three Gorges's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Three Gorges^[14].
• Three Gorges's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Three-Gorges^[15].
• Three Gorges's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[16].
• Three Gorges's NE.se ID is recorded as san-xia^[17].
• Three Gorges's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19609100^[18].
• Three Gorges's World Heritage Tentative List ID is recorded as 1623^[19].
• Three Gorges's mountain range is recorded as Q1519085^[20].
• Three Gorges's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3989637^[21].
• Three Gorges's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007531844805171^[22].
• Three Gorges's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 195490^[23].
• Three Gorges's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3018430610^[24].
• Three Gorges's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as tri-ushchel-ia-uchastok-doliny-reki-iantszy-452757^[25].
• Three Gorges's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/4ccfb589-44a4-4c0a-8413-c365fb9a7dd9^[26].

Body

Geography

Three Gorges is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].

Designation and Status

Three Gorges's instance of is recorded as canyon^[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[16].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Three Gorges include Three Gorges Dam^[27], a gravity dam^[28], in People's Republic of China^[29], founded in 2003^[30] and Sandan-kyō^[31], a ravine^[32], in Japan^[33].

Why It Matters

Three Gorges ranks in the top 1% of canyon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (354 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include Three Gorges Dam^[27], a gravity dam^[28], in People's Republic of China^[29], founded in 2003^[30] and Sandan-kyō^[31], a ravine^[32], in Japan^[33].