China Slows Down Earth's Rotation & Increases Duration of Day !?!
The world's biggest dam is the Three Gorges Dam in China. It's one of those weird buildings that can make anyone's head spin just by looking at it. And there are valid explanations.
This dam is so large that the earth's rotational speed has slowed because of its weight. china will now construct a dam that is three times larger than the current one, breaking the record for the biggest dam in the world. At the eastern tip of the Tibetan Plateau, the Yarlung Zangbo River is the site of the new dam, which is anticipated to produce 300 billion kilowatts of electricity a year. China's Three Gorges Dam has abruptly entered the conversation due to this new initiative.
The Three Gorges, the biggest dam in the world, currently burdens the planet so heavily that it slows down its rotation. The Three Gorges Dam is 185 meters high, 2.3 kilometers long, and 115 meters broad. In China's Hubei province, the Yangtze River is home to the biggest hydroelectric dam in the world. It is the world's third-longest river. Although it now generates 88.2 billion kWh of electricity, China's new hydropower will now produce 300 billion kWh.
The Three Gorges Dam took 18 years to build, cost over Rs 2.5 lakh crore, and was finally inaugurated in 2012. In addition, the dam was constructed using a significant amount of steel—enough to construct five or six Eiffel Towers.
The biggest dam in the world was constructed using 63,000 tons of steel, according to data from China.
The earth's moment of inertia has been impacted by this massive dam and the water it holds, causing the day to lengthen and the North and South Poles to shift.
Since the earth's rotation has slowed, a day now lasts 0.06 microseconds longer, meaning that the day is now a little longer. Because of the Three Gorges Dam's construction, even the North and South Poles have moved 2-2 cm from their original positions.
At the same time, the earth's other poles have grown rather flat. In addition to this, the dam has seriously harmed the ecology. This is the reason the world is now astonished by the construction of a dam that is three times larger than this one in China.
This dam is so large that the earth's rotational speed has slowed because of its weight. china will now construct a dam that is three times larger than the current one, breaking the record for the biggest dam in the world. At the eastern tip of the Tibetan Plateau, the Yarlung Zangbo River is the site of the new dam, which is anticipated to produce 300 billion kilowatts of electricity a year. China's Three Gorges Dam has abruptly entered the conversation due to this new initiative.
The Three Gorges, the biggest dam in the world, currently burdens the planet so heavily that it slows down its rotation. The Three Gorges Dam is 185 meters high, 2.3 kilometers long, and 115 meters broad. In China's Hubei province, the Yangtze River is home to the biggest hydroelectric dam in the world. It is the world's third-longest river. Although it now generates 88.2 billion kWh of electricity, China's new hydropower will now produce 300 billion kWh.
The Three Gorges Dam took 18 years to build, cost over Rs 2.5 lakh crore, and was finally inaugurated in 2012. In addition, the dam was constructed using a significant amount of steel—enough to construct five or six Eiffel Towers.
The biggest dam in the world was constructed using 63,000 tons of steel, according to data from China.
The earth's moment of inertia has been impacted by this massive dam and the water it holds, causing the day to lengthen and the North and South Poles to shift.
Since the earth's rotation has slowed, a day now lasts 0.06 microseconds longer, meaning that the day is now a little longer. Because of the Three Gorges Dam's construction, even the North and South Poles have moved 2-2 cm from their original positions.
At the same time, the earth's other poles have grown rather flat. In addition to this, the dam has seriously harmed the ecology. This is the reason the world is now astonished by the construction of a dam that is three times larger than this one in China.