Editing Three Gorges (section)

== Three Gorges region ==
[[Image:Upstream on the Yangtze Gorge about 2004 before the dam (2).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tourists on a boat traveling through the gorges before the construction of the dam, estimated 2004]]
The Three Gorges span from the western, upriver, city of [[Fengjie]], in [[Chongqing|Chongqing Municipality]], to the east, downstream, city of [[Yichang]], in [[Hubei|Hubei province]]. The [[Three Gorges Reservoir Region]] is approximately {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length, while the Three Gorges themselves occupy about {{convert|120|km|mi|abbr=on}} within this region: this has attracted global attention to the [[Three Gorges Dam]] and changed the culture and environment of the region.<ref name=Xinhua20040308>{{cite news |title=Three Gorges Region Becomes China's Largest Geological Park |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/89651.htm |date=March 8, 2004 |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |website=[[China Internet Information Center]] |access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=need better to support all of text|date=May 2018}}

Although it is primarily famous for its scenery, the Three Gorges region is historically and culturally important in China. Many settlements and archaeological sites were submerged by the upstream reservoir of the [[Three Gorges Dam]].<ref name=Shao20030409>{{cite web |translator-last=Shao |translator-first=Da |title=Saving the Cultural Relics of the Three Gorges |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Archaeology/96925.htm |date=2003 |website=[[China Internet Information Center]] |access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref>