Poyang Lake witnesses worsening drought

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Poyang Lake, the country's largest freshwater lake in Jiangxi Province, has shrunk to 740 million cubic meters - 87 percent smaller than it was in previous years - during the current drought, the worst in 50 years, that has plagued the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River for months. [Xinhua]

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