Idama leeGorges eziThathu lidama lomxhuzulane wombane ogudla uMlambo iYangtze ngakwidolophu yaseSandouping, kwiSithili saseYiling, eYichang, kwiphondo laseHubei, eChina. Idama lemiwonyo emithathu sesona sikhululo samandla sikhulu ehlabathini ngokomthamo ofakelweyo (22,500 MW). Ngo-2014 idama lenze i-98.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) kwaye libe nerekhodi lehlabathi, kodwa lagqithwa yiDama lase-Itaipú, elabeka irekhodi elitsha lehlabathi ngo-2016, livelisa i-103.1 TWh.
Ngaphandle kwezitshixo, iprojekthi yedama yagqitywa yaza yasebenza ngokupheleleyo ukususela ngomhla we-4 kaJulayi, 2012, xa oyena matshini wokugqibela wamanzi kumzimveliso ongaphantsi komhlaba waqalisa ukuveliswa. Ukunyuswa kwenqanawa kugqityiwe ngoDisemba 2015.Iinjini yomoya nganye engundoqo inomthamo wama-700 MW.[9][10] Umzimba wedama wagqityezelwa ngo-2006. Ukudibanisa iiturbines eziphambili zedama ezingama-32 kunye neejenereyitha ezimbini ezincinci (50 MW inye) ukunika amandla kwiziko ngokwalo, umthamo uwonke wokuvelisa umbane wedama ngama-22,500 MW.
Kwakunye nokuvelisa umbane, idama lijonge ukunyusa umthamo weenqanawa zoMlambo iYangtze kunye nokunciphisa amandla okuzikhukhula ezantsi komlambo ngokubonelela ngendawo yokugcina izikhukhula. I-China ithatha le projekthi njengesikhumbuzo kunye nempumelelo kwezentlalo nakwezoqoqosho, ngoyilo lwee turbines ezinkulu zangoku, kunye nenyathelo eliya kukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi yobushushu. I-1.3 yezigidi zabantu, kwaye ibangela utshintsho oluphawulekayo kwi-ikholoji, kubandakanywa ingozi eyandisiweyo yokudilika komhlaba. Idama belisoloko liphikisana ngaphakathi nangaphandle.