NANCHANG, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Located in east China's Jiangxi Province, Poyang Lake is China's largest freshwater lake. On Aug. 6, the lake officially entered this year's dry season, the earliest date since records started in 1951 and 69 days earlier than the average starting date between 2003 and 2021. The drone footage taken by Xinhua photographer shows tidal-flat in the Jinxian section of the lake presenting a landscape of a tree.
As of 8 a.m. Monday, the lake's water area totaled 575 square km, 2,475 square km less than that of previous years, according to the Jiangxi provincial water resources department. Officials in drought-affected areas are fighting on the frontline day and night.
Across Jiangxi, over 15,000 pumping stations and more than 308,000 sets of mobile drought-relief equipment have been put into use, along with other efforts, which have reduced around 3 billion yuan (about 440 million U.S. dollars) worth of grain loss.
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 22, 2022 shows the tidal-flat presenting a landscape of a tree in Jinxian section of Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 22, 2022 shows the tidal-flat presenting a landscape of a tree in Jinxian section of Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 22, 2022 shows the tidal-flat presenting a landscape of a tree in Jinxian section of Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)■
