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Article: Yangtze water level begins to rise
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 11, 2003
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Yangtze water level begins to rise
WUHAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The water level of the upper and
middle reaches of the Yangtze River, China's longest river, has kept
rising steadily since February due to increased rainfall on the upper
reaches.
The water level and speed monitored at Yichang, where the gigantic
Three Gorges water control project is being built, was 38. 7 meters
and 3,900 cubic meters per second late February, said Chen Guiya, an
official in charge of hydrological and meteorological forecasts with
the Hydrological Bureau of the Yangtze River Water Resources
Committee.