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It is now the rainy season in South America, so the water level of the Paraná River has risen very quickly. Therefore, in the rainy season, it is not enough to point to the main dam for flood discharge and power generation. The flood discharge sluice must also be opened according to the changes in the water level.

This 386-meter-long flood discharge gate should be called "overflow dam" in scientific name, which refers to a dam on the crest of the dam that can discharge floods, also known as a rolling dam.

Overflow dams are distinguished according to the overflow form, which can be divided into three types: dam crest overflow, dam surface overflow, and large orifice dam surface overflow. The overflow dam of the Itaipu Hydropower Station is a large orifice overflow dam.

This kind of overflow dam with a special flood gate can adjust the storage level and discharge flow of the reservoir. It is usually used in the downstream of a reservoir with a relatively large storage capacity. During the high water period, the reservoir capacity can be actively adjusted to ensure the reservoir’s capacity. Safety.

This overflow dam has fourteen huge flood gates with a width of 20 meters. When the flood gates are fully opened, the formation is only spectacular, and it is not enough to describe one hundred thousand horses.

Although the flood discharge gate was not fully opened at this time, the heavy water pouring down from the gate still made a loud thunderous noise. Then the water flowed through the 420-meter flood discharge ramp below the gate. The bottom of the ramp aroused water spray tens of meters high!

The water mist in the sky enveloped all the surrounding space for several hundred meters. When the tourists stood by the side, they would be wet all over the body in a short while.

Yang Jing and the others have seen the flood discharge of a hydropower station on TV or in movies before, but where is the immersive shock of seeing the scenery on the screen?

Anyway, both Yang Jing and Ge Ge have been dumbfounded.

If you don't stand on the side of the flood gate, you will not be able to experience the kind of shock that can shake the human soul!

The flood discharge time is very long, so it is impossible for tourists to stand here to watch the dam discharge, so after enjoying the extremely shocking scenery for a while, the bus continued to move forward. However, this time the bus no longer continued to go to Paraguay, but turned around on the top of the dam and then went directly to the top of the main dam.

Standing on the top of the 196-meter-high main dam, you can feel the magnificence of this artificial building.

There is a two-lane road on the top of the dam, and visitors are allowed to get off the car and take pictures.

Therefore, on the top of this dam, one side is a reservoir with sparkling water and no edge can be seen, and the other side is a high dam like a cliff. The feeling is also extremely shocking.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, it is really hard to imagine that humans can build such majestic buildings. No wonder it was immediately named one of the seven man-made wonders of the modern world after the repair of the Itaipu Hydropower Station.

This title alone is enough to prove the greatness of this dam.

After playing at the hydropower station for nearly two hours, until it got darker, the car traveler was pulled back to the entrance of the hydropower station by the bus.

Not to mention, this trip really didn't run in vain, at least witnessed the miracle of a modern architecture with my own eyes, and felt the shock of this dam up close, which is definitely worth the fare for this trip.

In the evening, he returned to Dongfang City, but Yang Jing did not go back to Jiang Baozipu for dinner with Comrade Xiao Wang. I set off from Asunción early this morning, drove more than 300 kilometers, and visited the Itaipu Hydropower Station non-stop in the afternoon. Even Yang Jing, who has always been physically strong, felt a little tired.

So after declining Comrade Xiao Wang's invitation, the group checked into the hotel booked in advance.

Yang Jing they stayed at the best hotel in Dongfang City, the Casino Hotel Este. But even the best hotel, its price makes Yang Jing feel that it is really too cheap.

Because of the best executive suite in this hotel, the daily room rate is only equivalent to more than two thousand yuan...

Since it is a casino hotel, it is indispensable.

Gambling is legal in Paraguay, so you can often see casinos of all sizes in this country. As the city with the largest number of foreigners in Paraguay, Orient City, coupled with the fact that Brazil across the river has always pursued a gambling policy, so casinos here can be said to be everywhere.

Those Brazilians will happily play spinach here after crossing the Paraná River.

Therefore, just after entering Dongfang City today, Yang Jing saw no less than 20 casinos.

Of course, the casino in the Este City Casino Hotel they are staying in is naturally one of the top casinos in Oriental City.

However, everyone was not very interested in spinach, and they were quite tired, so they went back to the room to rest after having dinner.

Early the next morning, Comrade Xiao Wang came again in a pickup truck.

"Brother Yang, my dad said that he must accompany you well. For this reason, my dad gave me two days off..."

Seeing Comrade Xiao Wang's cheerful expression, Yang Jing could only accept the kindness with a smile.

"Brother Yang, sister-in-law, today I will take you to Argentina. If you want to appreciate the Iguazu Falls, it is best in Argentina. And when you go to Argentina, you can also take a look at the "Three Kingdoms" The view. Of course, you can see it in Brazil, but it's not as good as in Argentina."

"Hehe, brother, how to arrange today's itinerary, we all listen to you, you can just look at it."

With Yang Jing's words, Comrade Xiao Wang immediately turned into a tour guide. However, there is no need to drive his broken pickup truck. Yang Jing and the others have four cars, and they can drive it with a comrade Xiao Wang.

So Xiao Wang ruled Bruno into another car, and he sat in the co-pilot position of Yang Jing's car. Of course, this car also became the leader of the team.

Walk less than one kilometer north from the casino hotel, you will return to the Qiaotou market, and then pass the border checkpoint and enter Brazil again from the Friendship Bridge.

Although Paraguay also borders Argentina, there is no bridge connection between Paraguay and Argentina in the vicinity of Orient. Therefore, if you want to enter Argentina from Orient City, you must pass through the Foz do Iguazu city in Brazil, and then pass through the Iguazu River between the Foz do Iguazu city and Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. The Tancredo Neves Bridge was able to enter the territory of Argentina.

After crossing the Friendship Bridge, drive east along Highway 277 for about three kilometers, then head south directly to Paraná Avenue, then walk south for 4 kilometers, then turn into Great Falls Avenue, and finally turn into South Market Avenue, and then cross the border checkpoint on that avenue.

The South Market Avenue is a fully enclosed highway that connects Brazil and Argentina through the Tancredo Neves Bridge over the Iguazu River. The border checkpoints at both ends of the highway are the entrances and exits of this closed highway.

After passing the border checkpoint on the side of Argentina, the convoy began to wander around the city under the command of Comrade Xiao Wang, because the border checkpoint is on the eastern outskirts of Puerto Iguazu, and the famous "look at the Three Kingdoms at a glance" The viewing platform is in the northwest corner of the city, and they need to traverse the entire Port of Iguazu.

However, the city appearance of Puerto Iguazu is obviously much better than that of Foz do Iguazu in Brazil in the north and Orient City in Paraguay in the west. This city is not so hustle and bustle, but more of a tranquility.

Even if you can see groups of tourists from time to time, the city feels more relaxed.

After more than ten minutes, the team came to Iguazu Avenue on the south bank of the Iguazu River. This avenue is the famous sightseeing avenue of Puerto Iguazu. To the east of the avenue is the pier of Puerto Iguazu, and to the west is the sightseeing plaza of "Three Kingdoms at a glance."

On both sides of the entire Iguazu Avenue, there are many colored paintings painted on the concrete wall. The colored paintings depict the portraits of famous people in Argentina, as well as some local legends and stories.

On the side of the avenue close to the viewing square, Yang Jing and the others found a very interesting sculpture. This sculpture is a white marble humanoid sculpture pushing a yellow trolley on which a blue drape is placed. Behind the sculpture, a concrete wall is erected, on which red lines are used to draw clearly a route in Argentina.

This sculpture aroused the curiosity of Yang Jing and Grid. The two stopped the car and got off to watch the sculpture.

Seeing that Yang Jing and his wife were very interested in this sculpture, Comrade Xiao Wang started to introduce this sculpture from the side.

"Brother Yang and Sister-in-law, this sculpture is the famous'Basque Trolley' sculpture and the route that Lal Reni Ugart used to push the cart on foot."

"Basque trolley? Walking on foot? What does this mean?" asked puzzledly.

Xiao Wang said: "Sister-in-law, don't look at the location of this sculpture, but the owner of this sculpture is very famous in Argentina and even in South America."

After a pause, Xiao Wang continued to explain: "The full name of the owner of this sculpture is Guillermo Isidoro Larreni Ugart. He was born on November 27, 1885 in Pamplo, Spain. A Basque native of Navarre. In 1900, when he was only 15 years old, he arrived in Buenos Aires. At first he was a sailor and then went to live in Patagonia, Argentina. In 1935, he had a chat with a friend The bet changed his life and made him a stranger and legendary figure in Argentina. His bet was about hiking with a wheelbarrow. On March 25, 1935, he used a wheelbarrow. Loaded with 130 kilograms of travel supplies, including folding beds, mattresses and bedspreads ~lightnovelpub.net~ and kitchen utensils, heaters and other tools to be used in the trip, began to push on this wheel On his first long hike, starting near the small town of Luis Pidra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, arriving in the capital Buenos Aires 14 months later. To Buenos Aires After Liss, his reputation rose greatly, thereby enhancing the reputation of Argentine Basque and Navarre immigrants."

"Lal Reni Ugart went on a wheelbarrow hike four times in his life. The second time was from 1936 to 1938, from Colonel Pringles in the province of Buenos Aires to Bolivia. La Paz. The third time was from Vera Maria in Cordoba to Santiago, the capital of Chile, in 1943. The last wheelbarrow hike was from Trenque Lauque in Buenos Aires. The trip to Iguazu National Park ended in 1949. Puerto Iguazu was the last residence of Larreni Ugart, who died in Puerto Iguazu on June 9, 1964."

Hearing Xiao Wang's explanation, Yang Jing and Ge Ge couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both found the admiration in each other's eyes.

The owner of this unremarkable sculpture has such a feat. This Ugart is definitely a hero!

ps: Bow and thank "Very Lazy Fish" 100 for the reward!