Canal A Shiyan, China story
Cities
On the east end of the largest portion of the Danjiangkou Reservoir, a bright line extends to the east and north. This canal takes water from the reservoir 1,400 kilometers to Beijing. This water will benefit over 100 million people.
Construction of this central route of the South-North Water Transfer Project began in December 2003. Beijing began receiving water from the reservoir via the canal in 2014. The entire project is the biggest interbasin transfer scheme in the world.
Location
Apr. 17, 1987, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/37) — Danjiangkou Reservoir and canal, near Shiyan, China
May 2, 2010, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/37) — Danjiangkou Reservoir and canal, near Shiyan, China
May 5, 2011, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/37) — Danjiangkou Reservoir and canal, near Shiyan, China
Apr. 14, 2015, Landsat 8 (path/row 125/37) — Danjiangkou Reservoir and canal, near Shiyan, China
Apr. 16, 2016, Landsat 8 (path/row 125/37) — Danjiangkou Reservoir and canal, near Shiyan, China
Apr. 30, 2021, Landsat 8 (path/row 125/37) — Danjiangkou Reservoir and canal, near Shiyan, China
Shiyan, China Additional Imagery & Stories
Danjiangkou Reservoir
Visible in these images is one canal associated with the $62 billion South-North Water Transfer Project. Water resources are a concern in China becaus...
Environmental Problems
Images from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites show a bit more detail than Landsat. These close-up views of Shiyan show the industrial developm...
Land Leveling
Shiyan, China, was a small village in the mountains until the 1960s. That’s when a lot of industrial production was established there in its relativel...