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Water level of Yangtze River hits record low

NANCHANG, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The water level in the middle reaches of China's longest river, the Yangtze, hit a record low on Tuesday, said local hydrology authorities.

The water level of the Jiujiang section of the river in east China's Jiangxi province was 8.53 meters, 1.87 meters lower than normal for the time of year and was falling at a rate of five to ten centimeters each day, said the Jiujiang Hydrology Bureau.

Each day, 160 million tons of water from Poyang ...

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