Why did China build the Three Gorges Dam?

A) to control river flooding
B) to create a resort area
C) to produce electricity
D) to produce electricity and to control river flooding
E) to control river flooding and create a resort area


D) to produce electricity and to control river flooding

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A. horse latitudes B. westerlies C. polar easterlies D. trade winds E. Intertropical Convergence Zone

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A) emitted B) reflected C) conducted D) advected E) convected

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If the Sun collapsed to become a black hole, the Earth's gravitational attraction to it would be

A) more. B) less. C) no different.

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