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Low water level likely to halt navigation on Yangtze (1)

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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