(Beijing Comprehensive News) In southern China, it is affected by continuous high temperature weather, with severe meteorological droughts. Many rivers in the Yangtze River Basin have broken flow. The area of lakes and lakes in Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake has been reduced by two -thirds in nearly a month.
Chongqing 66 River Broken Stream 25 Reservoir drying up
Comprehensive China Meteorological Administration and China Weather Network News, the National Satellite Meteorological Center of China last Thursday (AugustOn the 18th), through satellite monitoring, it was found that the water body area of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Jiangxi Province, decreased by about 66 % compared with July 10;It also decreased by about two -thirds from July 1.
The data of the Meteorological Bureau also shows that the water level of the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake are 4.85 meters to 6.13 meters lower than the same period.In addition, high temperatures have caused 66 rivers in Chongqing, and 25 reservoirs have dried up.
Data show that the average precipitation of the Yangtze River Basin in July this year was only 141.2 mm, a decrease of 48.2 % compared with the same period of the year, and the minimum history since 1961.The cumulative precipitation in the south of Jiangnan, Jianghan, and Southwest China has been less than 10 mm since August.
The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that in the future, three weather will continue to be drought, but on Wednesday (August 24), cold air will fall south, the southern region will cool from north to south, rainfall in the arid area of the Yangtze River Basin after the 25thIt is also expected to increase.
