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Article: Water level in Yangtze River continues to fall as drought plagues China
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 25, 2006
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Water level in Yangtze River continues to fall as drought plagues
China
CHENGDU, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The water level in the Yangtze
River's middle and lower reaches continues to fall and is threatening
navigation along the waterway, local sources said on Friday.
With drought conditions and high temperatures, the Yangtze River's
water level in Hankou City, central China's Hubei Province, fell to
17.07 meters on Friday as opposed to a norm of 21 to 22 meters for
this time of the year, said a source with the provincial flood
control and drought relief headquarters.
"The level is the second lowest since hydrologic records for this
section of the river began in 1865," said the source.
The ...