Eco-+Ecology+and+Archeology


 * Ecology/Archeology [[image:http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2008/10/081023175131-large.jpg width="240" height="155" align="right"]] **

 The construction of the three gorges dam will not only just affect the delicate eco systems around the river, but almost outright destroy them. The three gorges dam once finished will cover a humongous amount of land destroying priceless species of animals and leaving land fragmented. Fragmentation is when small “islands” will poke up through the water, the only sanctuary for animals that survived. However these islands will be extremely small and barren because these they really are the tops of mountains, the only thing tall enough to be above the drastic change in water height. To further decrease the dam’s value, archaeological findings and still to be excavated findings will be destroyed or washed away by the dam’s waters making the loss of both history and money. To even further add to this dismay, artifacts that are priceless are being stolen due to the fear of people’s houses being washed away