新滩位于长江西陵峡上段——兵书宝剑峡出口处,属湖北省秭归县,下距宜昌72公里.在葛洲坝工程的水库范围内。长期以来,两岸岩崩、滑坡时有发生,不但影响当地居民安全,而且崩滑物质入江恶化滩险,妨碍航运,是川江上最著名枯水滩险之一.在葛洲坝工程蓄水之前,这里枯水期江面宽200多米, Located in the upper reaches of the Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River - the exit of the Shu Baojian Gorge, Xintan belongs to Zigui County in Hubei Province and is 72 km away from Yichang, within the reservoir area of ​​the Gezhouba Dam. For a long time, both sides of the rock avalanches, landslides occur from time to time, not only affect the safety of local residents, but also collapse and slippery material into the river to exacerbate the risk of hinder shipping, is one of the most famous dry lakes in the Chuanjiang River. Dry season, more than 200 meters wide river,