The largest
freshwater lake in China which covers an expanse twice the size of
London has dried up because of an ongoing drought.
Poyang Lake in rural Jiangxi province is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions.
But
the combination of drought and a new water storage facility upstream at
the Three Gorges reservoir - the world's biggest dam - has caused water
levels to drop to dangerously low levels.
Much of the 3,500 sq km lake's water has now completely disappeared
Poyang Lake in rural Jiangxi province is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions.
The tower based in the middle of
what was once the Poyang lake is still a big tourist attraction - but
visitors can now walk to it instead of getting a boat
Much of the 3,500 sq km lake's water has now completely disappeared
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