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Low water level likely to halt navigation on Yangtze (1)
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March 23, 2003
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Low water level likely to halt navigation on Yangtze (1)
CHONGQING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Navigation on the Yangtze, the
longest river in China, could come to a halt due to continuous low
water level on the upper reaches over the past 40 days, a local
hydrological department has warned.
Experts with the Chongqing hydrology department said that the
water level on the upper reaches of the Yangtze has been below the
zero mark starting from Jan. 31.
Between Jan. 29 and Feb. 5, the water level at the Cuntan
monitoring station dropped by 1.02 meters, the most drastic fall in
the history of the upper reaches' hydrological records. By March 1,
that level had dropped to minus 0.60 meters, the ...
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