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Poyang Lake Shrinking for Lingering Drought

Xinhua News Agency, September 16, 2011 Adjust font size:

A dead fish is seen on the dried-up riverbed of the Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 15, 2011. The water surface and water level of the Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, continue shrinking during lingering drought. Water levels on the lake are decreasing dramatically at a rate of 0.1 to 0.2 meters per day.

A dead fish is seen on the dried-up riverbed of the Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 15, 2011. The water surface and water level of the Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, continue shrinking during lingering drought. Water levels on the lake are decreasing dramatically at a rate of 0.1 to 0.2 meters per day. [Xinhua]

 

A fisherman washes rice bowls in the shallow waters of the Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 15, 2011. The water surface and water level of the Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, continue shrinking during lingering drought. Water levels on the lake are decreasing dramatically at a rate of 0.1 to 0.2 meters per day.

A fisherman washes rice bowls in the shallow waters of the Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 15, 2011. The water surface and water level of the Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, continue shrinking during lingering drought. Water levels on the lake are decreasing dramatically at a rate of 0.1 to 0.2 meters per day. [Xinhua]

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