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Article: Navigation improves as water level rises along Yangtze River
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 9, 2006
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Navigation improves as water level rises along Yangtze River
YICHANG, Hubei Province, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Water levels have
been rising since last Sunday at the middle reaches of the Yangtze
River after rainfall at the upper reaches, ending low water levels in
this summer's flood season that have threatened normal navigation.
By 2 p.m. Friday, the water level of the Yangtze River at Yichang
and Shashi in central China's Hubei Province reached 45.5 meters and
36.04 meters respectively, according to local maritime sources.
Heavy rain or even rainstorms hit the ...