China’s Mega-Dam Project ✅Capacity: 60 GW (14th Five-Year Plan, for 2021–2025); Three times the capacity of China’s current Three Gorges Dam; ✅ China aims to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. 🔸 Cost: About $137 Bn. 🔸 Location: At the Great Bend, where the Brahmaputra river takes a U-turn, in the Medog county of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. ✅ China has previously constructed significant dams like the Three Gorges Dam (Yangtze) and Zangmu Dam (Yarlung Zangbo). 📍Yarlung Tsangpo (Zangbo) River ✅ It originates in Tibet, and enters Arunachal Pradesh, where it is known as the Siang.  ✅ In Assam, it is joined by tributaries such as Dibang and Lohit, and is called the Brahmaputra.  ✅ The river then enters Bangladesh, and makes its way to the Bay of Bengal. 🔸 The main river does not flow through Bhutan, but 96% of the country’s area is within the basin. #river_series #places_in_news