The area of the water body of the Poyang Lake Tongjiang was reduced to about a quarter of the same period last year

With continuous drought, the area of ​​Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in my country, has shrunk rapidly. The reporter learned from the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Water Resources that as of 10:00 on August 18, the area of ​​the water body area of ​​the Poyang Lake Tongjiang was 737 square kilometers, a decrease of 2203 square kilometers from the same period last year, and about 25%of the water body area of ​​the Poyang Lake Tongjiang water in the same period last year.

As the water level of Poyang Lake dropped, the downstream pier located in Poyang Lake District, Lushan City, Jiangxi Province was fully displayed (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency reporter Vientiane Photo

It is understood that as of 10:00 on the 18th, Poyang Lake's iconic hydrological station Xingzi Station's water level was 10.12 meters, which was less than half of the highest water level of 22.63 meters in history. On August 6 this year, Poyang Lake entered the dry period in advance. In 2022, it became the earliest year since the record of Poyang Lake in the period of record since it was recorded in 1951. Compared with 2003 to 2021, the average period of withering was 69 days in advance.

At present, Jiangxi has issued high -temperature red warnings in many places. The temperature of 558 meteorological monitoring stations in the province exceeds 40 ° C. The meteorological department predicts that from mid -August to September, the temperature of the province in Jiangxi is significantly high, the precipitation is significantly less, and the drought of meteorological drought will spread further. (Reporter Xiong Jialin Chen Yushan)

[Editor in charge: Zhang Yongsu]

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