Huge reservoir runs out of water
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April 24, 2010, Saturday
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THE largest reservoir in northeast China is short of water as a severe drought persists, according to the local drought relief office yesterday.
Water volume of the Hongshan Reservoir, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has dropped to just 10 million cubic meters, said Xu Xiaoming, director of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Office. The water storage capacity of the reservoir is 2.56 billion cubic meters.
This was by far the lowest level it had been for more than 40 years, since the reservoir was built in the 1960s, Xu said.
Located in the middle reaches of the Liaohe River, one of China's largest rivers, water in the reservoir was used to irrigate farmland at its lower reaches.
Water volume of the Hongshan Reservoir, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has dropped to just 10 million cubic meters, said Xu Xiaoming, director of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Office. The water storage capacity of the reservoir is 2.56 billion cubic meters.
This was by far the lowest level it had been for more than 40 years, since the reservoir was built in the 1960s, Xu said.
Located in the middle reaches of the Liaohe River, one of China's largest rivers, water in the reservoir was used to irrigate farmland at its lower reaches.
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