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Three
Gorges of Yangtze River
The Three Gorges of Yangtze
River extend 193 kilometers from the western
Baidicheng in Sichan Province, to Nanjinguan
of Yichang city in Hubei Province in the
east. They differ from each other in sceneries:
Qutang Gorge is straight and craggy; Wu
Gorge, deep, serene and exquisite; while
Xiling Gorge perilous for its shoals and
rapid currents.
 Qutang
Gorge:
From east to west, it measures 8 kilometers,
starting from Baidicheng and ending at Daixi
township. With vertical cliffs of some thousand
meters high as its two flanks, the Qutang
Gorge is only a few dozens of meters wide
just like a narrow gateway. With swash and
rumble, the surging Yangtze River pours
into the gateway with great momentum. Looking
up towards the tops of towering precipitous
mountains along the Gorge, one sees from
a boat only a narrow strip of clouds and
sky, but under foot the River tears on violently.
Xiling Gorge:
 It
measures 75 kilometers from Xiangxikou to
Nanjinguan. The whole Gorge area is covered
with high mountains, gullies, dangerous
shoals and hidden reefs of various sizes.
The best-known perilous shoal is Qing Shoal.
It's formed by collapsed craggy cliffs.
Surging waves and rapid currents churn over
the shoal embedded with rocks and stones
here and there, and then drop two meters
in elevation. Ships go downstream over the
shoal at an arrow speed, but up the shoal
it's as difficult as climbing a steep hill.
Wu Gorge:
 It
extends 40 kilometers from the mouth of
Daning River of Wushan Mountain in the west
to Guandukou of Badong in the east. The
Wu Gorge is gifted with exquisite peaks
and lush mountains and ranges. It's deep
and serene with changeable weather. The
rolling River twists and turns and boats
zigzag their way along, as if cruising in
a fantastic gallery.
The twelve peaks of Wushan
Mountain all rise to the blue sly. They
are endowed with various fascinating shapes.
Among them, the most fabulous is the Peak
of Goddess. It pierces through the heaven,
and towers over the Yangtze River. A protruding
rock of the Peak has the shape of a slim
girl shrouded in clouds and mist faintly
visible as if clad in fine gauze dress,
looking attractive and exuding tenderness
and love.
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