Is there any water in Dongting Lake now?
According to the website of Yueyang Municipal People's Government, People's Daily Online, Changsha, March 27 (Reporter Liu Bin) Due to the recent rainfall, the water level in Dongting Lake has risen. On March 26th 16, the measured water level in Chenglingji of Dongting Lake Control Station was 2 1.06m, which was 2m higher than that in March 16 and exceeded 2 1m for the first time since last June 10. Since March 16, the rainy weather has continued in the province, and the water levels of rivers in the province have risen. According to the calculation, at the current water level, the corresponding water surface area of Dongting Lake is 512km2, which is 2 1 1 km2 higher than that in March. Dongting Lake is still in low water level due to less rainfall and incoming water. Since June 65438+1 October1this year, the accumulated precipitation in the whole province is 207.6 mm, which is less than the average of 256.2 mm in the same period for many years 19%. The total amount of water flowing into Dongting Lake is 654.38+005 billion cubic meters, which is 64% less than the average of 28.8 billion cubic meters in the same period of many years, of which 9.45 billion cubic meters comes from "Four Waters", which is 65% less than the average in the same period of many years.
Dongting Lake, formerly known as Yunmeng, Jiujiang and Chonghu, is located on the south bank of Jingjiang River in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, spanning Yueyang, Miluo, Xiangyin, Wangcheng, Yiyang, Yuanjiang, Hanshou, Changde, Tianjin, Anxiang and Nanxian counties and cities. The name of Dongting Lake began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was named after Dongting Mountain (now Junshan Mountain) in the lake. Dongting Lake receives water from Songzi, Taiping, ouchi and Diaoxian counties of the Yangtze River, connects with four small tributaries of Hunan, Zi, Yuan and Li in the south and west, and flows into the Yangtze River from Chenglingji, Yueyang City.