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| − | [[File:South-to-North Water Diversion Project.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]
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| − | The '''South-to-North Water Diversion Project''' ('''南水北调''') is designed to divert water from the water-rich south of the country, mainly the [[Yangtze]], the country's longest river, to arid northern parts.
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| − | The world's largest water transfer project consists of eastern, central and western routes.
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| − | Sections of the project in [[Shandong]] and [[Jiangsu]] provinces along the eastern route had been completed and started to supply water in December 2013.
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| − | The first phase of the central route is scheduled to be launched in late October 2014, which will see a massive 9.5 billion cubic meters of water per year pumped through 1,277 kilometers of canals and pipes from the Danjiangkou reservoir in central [[Hubei]] Province through [[Henan]] Province to reach [[Hebei]], [[Tianjin]] and [[Beijing]] in the north.
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| − | Unlike the eastern route that saw an upgrading of the Beijing-[[Hangzhou]] [[Grand Canal]] for a water diversion channel, the central route involves raising the height of the [[Danjiangkou Reservoir]] from 162 meters to 176.6 meters and building canals and pipes to divert water from the reservoir to North [[China]].
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| − | [[File:Danjiangkou Reservoir.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A channel leads to Danjiangkou Reservoir, the main water source of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project's central route.]]
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| − | The western route, meant to replenish the [[Yellow River]] with water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze through tunnels in the high mountains of western [[China]], is still at the planning stage.
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| − | The water transfer project was conceived by former Chairman [[Mao Zedong]] in 1952. The [[State Council]] approved the ambitious project in December 2002 after debate lasting nearly half a century.
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