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Lesser Three Gorges

The Daning river, a tributary river of the Jiangze, passes through a set of gorges referred to as "Lesser Three Gorges". The scenery here is even more spectacular than the one of the main Three Gorges, probably because the water levels of the Jiangze have already risen by about 100-150m making the Jiangze wider and more peaceful, while the mountains surrounding the Daning river are probably higher and the river narrower. The names of the Lesser Three Gorges are "Dragon-Gate Gorge", "Misty Gorge" and "Dicui (Emerald) Gorge" and are accessed by boat from Wuxia (Wushan).


01 Entrance to gorges at Wuxia and Dragon Gate bridge	01a Entrance to gorges in 2002	02 Daning river and steep cliffs	03 Steep mountain cliff	04 Daning river and steep cliffs


05 Daning river and steep cliffs	06 Daning river passing through steep mountains	07 Daning river and steep cliffs	08 Steep cliffs	09 Chinese tourists on ship deck


10 Hills and mountains along river	11 Red houses on riverfront	12 Daning river passing through gorge	13 Daning river passing through gorge	14 Daning river passing through gorge	15 Daning river and steep cliffs


16 Daning river and steep cliffs	17 Daning river and steep cliffs	18 Daning river and steep cliffs	19 Daning river and steep cliffs	20 Boat on Daning river and steep cliffs	21 Smoke of fires along river


22 Daning river and steep cliffs	23 Daning river and steep cliffs	24 Daning river and steep cliffs	25 Daning river	26 Gorge and Daning river	27 Steep cliffs


28 Gorge and Daning river	29 Gorge and Daning river	30 Tourist boats	31 Tourist boats

Other Three Gorges galleries: Three Gorges and Yangtze river ▪ Yunyang Zhang Fei temple ▪ Three Gorges Dam

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