The town of Wushan is located at the western entrance to the Wu Gorge (?) in the Three Gorges region of China. Wushan is famous for its Little Three Gorges (?) located on the nearby Daning River (蓃猠). Wushan sits on the northern bank of the Yangtze (Yangzi) River, which in the Gorges region was flooded after the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. The original town was abandoned and submerged under the rising waters, and the new town constructed on the hills above.