No Dried-up Areas on Yellow RiverNo drying-up has appeared on the Yellow River, the second largest in China, since last November, according to the Yellow River Water Resources Committee (YRWRC) Monday.This is the first time there have been no dried-up areas on the river since 1991. Analysts attribute this to a conservation program carried out by the YRWRC, which orders the provinces along the river to use less water. Some sections of the Yellow River started to dry up in the 1970s. In the 1990s, the dried-up periods were longer and came earlier year by year. This year, the river basin underwent a severe drought and rainfall on the river from March to July was 80 to 90 percent lower than the normal level, hitting the lowest point since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. With cooperation and communication with other departments, the YRWRC employed a lot of water-saving methods such as making full use of large reservoirs on the river and carrying out the conservation program. With the above efforts, no drying-up was found on the Yellow River in the late dry season from November 1 last year to June 31 this year. According to the experts, even though rainy season has started, the drought will not disappear immediately, and related departments still have to keep alert for any emergency situation. |
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