Crest length2,335 m
145,938Dice edges
4,670Tree stump diameters
9,340Uncooked spaghetti noodles
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Three Gorges Dam
The largest power station on Earth/Engineering Marvels
The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China is the world's largest hydroelectric power station by installed capacity. Completed in 2006, it stretches 2,335 meters across the river, stands 181 meters tall, and used 27.2 million cubic meters of concrete. Its reservoir is so massive that it slightly slowed Earth's rotation.
Measurements
Height181 m
1,207Bird nest diameters
1.07Washington Monument heights
1,508Candy bar lengths
Concrete mass65.3 billion kg
652,800Locomotive weights
653 trillionHoneybee weights
27.2 million m^3 of concrete
Installed capacity22.5 billion W
375 millionIncandescent bulbs
250Boeing 747 engines
26.5 millionToasters
22.5 GW
Reservoir volume39.3 billion m^3
83.1 trillionRed Solo cups
1.2 billionShipping container volumes
39.3 km^3
Reservoir surface area1.1 billion m^2
105 billionUS dollar bills
867,200Olympic pool surfaces
64,910Walmart Supercenters
1,084 km^2
Annual energy output360 quadrillion J
3.1 quadrillionThrown baseballs
1.71Tsar Bombas
About 100 TWh/year