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[[File:Qutang Gorge, Chongqing.jpg|thumb|Qutang Gorge, Chongqing]]
[[File:Wu Gorge, Chongqing.jpg|thumb|Wu Gorge, Chongqing]]
[[File:Xiling Gorge, Chongqing.jpg|thumb|Xiling Gorge, Chongqing]]

The '''Three Gorges''' refer to the [[Qutang Gorge]], [[Wuxia Gorge]] and [[Xiling Gorge]].

The Qutang Gorge is the first of the three and extends eight kilometers, from Kuimen near [[Baidi City]] in the west to [[Daxi Town]] in [[Wushan County]] in the east. It measures no more than 150 meters at its widest point and less than 100 meters at its narrowest point. A dozen or so tributaries of the [[Yangtze River]] converge and flush through the narrow cliffs of Kuimen in frightening surges. An ancient plank road, over a meter wide, at the precipice on the northern side of the Yangtze River winds from Baidi City to [[Qinglian River]] of Wushan County for 65 kilometers. It was first built in the Ming or [[Qing Dynasty]] or even earlier, and completed between 1888 and 1890.

The Wuxia Gorge covers a length of 46 km from the mouth of the [[Daning River]] of Wushan County in the west to Guandukou of [[Badong County]] in the east.

The Xiling Gorge is the longest of the Three Gorges, 76 km in length, from [[Xiangxikou]] of [[Zigui]] to [[Nanjinguan]] of [[Yichang]], is noted for the quantity and speed of its rapids.

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