40,000 cubic meters per second flood in the Three Gorges Reservoir

　　China News Service, Yichang, July 13 (Reporter Guo Xiaoying) The Three Gorges Reservoir experienced a flood of the order of 40,000 cubic meters per second from the 12th to the 13th, with a maximum inflow of 42,000 cubic meters per second.

This is also the largest flood into the Three Gorges Reservoir since the flood season this year.

　　From the 9th to the 11th, heavy rainfall occurred in the Jialing River, the upper Han River, the Three Gorges, and the Qingjiang River. The Bixi and Tongjiang stations on the upper reaches of the Qujiang River experienced super-historical floods. The flow at Luoduxi Station rose to 15,800 cubic meters per second at 19:00 on the 11th.

In accordance with the "Regulations on Flood Numbering for the Shigu-Cuntan Section of the Yangtze River and Important Trans-provincial Tributaries in the River Basin", the Hydrological Bureau of the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Yangtze River Committee") officially issued at 19:00 on the 11th: "Jialing River No. 1 Flood in 2021" It is formed in Qujiang, a tributary of the Jialing River.

　　Affected by this, the fluctuation of incoming water from the Three Gorges Reservoir increased.

According to the dispatching order of the Yangtze River Committee, the Three Gorges Reservoir will release the outgoing flow according to the full capacity of the generator set from 18:00 on the 11th.

　　At 20 o'clock on the 12th, the flow of the Three Gorges reservoir reached 40,500 cubic meters per second, and reached 42,000 cubic meters per second at 2 o'clock on the 13th.

As of 14:00 on the 13th, the Three Gorges inbound flow was 41,500 cubic meters per second, the outbound flow was 30,400 cubic meters per second, and peak shaving exceeded 10,000 cubic meters per second.

The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir continued to rise due to the impoundment of floods, reaching 147.66 meters at 14:00 on the 13th, an increase of 1.48 meters from 14:00 on the 12th.

　　At present, the incoming water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River has receded.

It is expected that in the next few days, the water level at the main control stations in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will regress steadily.

According to the hydrological department's forecast, on the 16th, the flow of the Three Gorges reservoir will fall to 24,000 cubic meters per second, and there will be another increase in water flow.

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