The water level at Hankou Station of the Yangtze River is the lowest in the same period in history. Is there a risk of drying up?

According to the latest report of the World Meteorological Organization, July, 2022 is one of the hottest July since human beings have meteorological data. Globally, the high temperature on the west coast of Australia, the high temperature in London, England, the high temperature in Death Valley, California, and even the high temperature in the Arctic Circle of the Earth are constantly refreshing historical temperature data, and the high temperature weather seems to have become the norm.

In August, 2022, the Yangtze River in China suffered an extremely rare flood season drought. It is clearly the summer flood season, but the water level is the same as that in the winter dry season. On August 3, 2022, at 18, the water level at Hankou Station of the Yangtze River was only 17.5 meters, reaching the lowest water level in the same period in history since hydrological records were recorded. At the same time, the water temperature in Hankou Station of the Yangtze River has risen to 4 1 degree, and a large number of fish and shrimp are facing extinction.

As the mother river of the Chinese nation across Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Chongqing and other six provinces-Yangtze River? . Due to the drought and continuous high temperature in flood season, dense and extremely dry areas began to appear. The accumulated rainfall in Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities for ten days is still less than ten millimeters, and several provinces have started a severe drought model. According to the weather forecast, the hot and dry weather will continue in the middle and late August, and it is possible to further expand and intensify.

Is there a risk of drying up at Hankou Station on the Yangtze River?

Faced with such a severe drought, the Three Gorges Reservoir of the Yangtze River plays a key role. From August 1 to August 15, the Three Gorges Reservoir has replenished water for the middle and lower reaches10.9 billion cubic meters, and will continue to replenish water for about 500 million cubic meters in the later period.

It is worth noting that there will be a new round of rainfall from August 22, and this round of large-scale rainfall will also affect the south. It is preliminarily estimated that around 25th, cold air will reach the Yangtze River basin, and with the contraction of subtropical high, it is expected that there will be cooling rain in the south. It is hoped that a new round of rainfall will alleviate the drought situation in Hankou, Yangtze River.

At the same time, the General Office of the Ministry of Water Resources issued a notice to deploy, and relevant provinces should work together with Qi Xin to resolutely win the battle against drought and water conservation.