In the past few days, due to the combined effect of continuous high temperature and low rainfall and the lack of water from the Yangtze River, the water level of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, continued to decline. Large tidal flats and grasslands were exposed on the originally wide lake, and the waterway became narrow. Below 1000 square kilometers.
On August 15, the Information Center of the Ministry of Water Resources announced that the water level at Duchang Station of Poyang Lake dropped to 10.23 meters.
According to the analysis of the local hydrological department, the current continues to be sunny and hot, and the long-term high temperature is shrouded. The Yangtze River and Poyang Lake basins are extremely hot, with low precipitation and large evaporation, which has prompted the accelerated "shrinking" of Poyang Lake. 2022 is also the earliest dry season for Poyang Lake since records began in 1951. year.
(Reporter Huashan Produced Liu Xin)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]