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Article: Water level in Yangtze River falls to record low
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 23, 2006
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Water level in Yangtze River falls to record low
NANCHANG, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) - With drought conditions and high
temperatures prevailing since July, the water level in the Yangtze
River's middle reaches hit a record low on Wednesday.
With little rainfall filling its upper reaches, the water level in
the Jiangxi province section of the Yangtze River fell to 11.81
meters, breaking the previous low of 12.01 meters over the same
period in 1972, said Hu Jin, a worker with the Jiujiang Hydrologic
Station in Jiangxi.
The water level is the lowest since the beginning of hydrologic
records for this section in 1885, said Hu.
The water level of the ...