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 Yangtze at record low [1]

The water level in China's longest river, the Yangtze, is at a record low. Water levels in some areas have fallen to the lowest in 142 years, officials said.

On January 8, the Yangtze water level at Hankou hydrological station in Hubei province plunged to 13.98 metres

Publication Date: 
14/02/2008
Down to Earth [2]
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Yangtze-kiang [3], Drought [4], Hydrology [5], China [6]
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