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The Xiling Gorge, which is the longest one of the Three Gorges, stretches from the mouth of Fragrance Brook in Zigui County of Hubei Province in the west to Nanjin Pass of Yichang City the mountain looks like a rectangular rock with sheer cliffs, and the wooden architecture catch upon the cliff with a height of 56 meters and 12 stories, standing on the riverside Qutang gorge is the shortest in the three, only 8km from Baidicheng to Daxi town Wuxia Gorge is famed for its deep valley, in another words, deep valley means high mountains aside. These gorges are 45km long, from the Daninghe river of Wushan county to Guandukou of Badong Consisted of dangerous rapids and current, Xiling Gorge starts at Badong County zigzagging for seventy six kilometers down to the Nanjin Pass in Yichang Snaking its way 6,300 kilometres from western China��s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the East China Sea, the Yangtze River stretches nine provinces and serves as a drain for 695,000 square miles of land The Yangtze Gorges is a great valley with a most splendid landscape in the Yangtze (Changjiang) River and it is one of the ten most famous scenic sites of China Three Three Gorges Dam project, the world��s largest engineering undertaking, is planned for completion in 2009. The river will rise to a final 575 feet above sea level Shennong Stream runs out of the deep valley through the forest at a height of 3000m above sea level, and rushes southward between rocky cliffs. It covers 60 km and totally 17 rivers and streams flow into it Wushan is situated at the confluence of the Yangtze and Daning rivers, just above the western entrance to the Wu Gorge. The town has existed since the latter part of the Shang Dynasty
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