Chinese media have warned of a significant drop in water levels in Lake Poyang, the country’s largest freshwater lake.
Quoting the Eastern Jiangxi Province Hydrological Monitoring Center, Xinhua said, “The water level in Poyang Lake, the country’s largest freshwater lake, continues to drop, and the water in this lake has dropped this year, about 100 day before the annual drop date.” Said. .
Stating that the water level in the lake dropped to 7.99 m due to high temperature, the agency said, “On August 9, experts said that the water level in the lake dropped to 11.27 m and reached the lowest seasonal level of recorded since 1951.”
The agency said “experts expect a drop in water levels in water bodies in eastern Jiangxi Province due to the extreme heat the area has been exposed to.”
Poyang Lake, considered one of the most important freshwater bodies in China and home to many aquatic organisms, sometimes reaches 4.1 thousand square kilometers in its catchment area and is 16.5 m deep during the dry season. rain
Source: TASS
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