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1. China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, has shrunk to 25% of its usual size amidst drought and extreme temperatures. Poyang Lake, which typically feeds irrigation channels to nearby farmlands, is now just 285 square miles, down from its average of 1,400 square miles.
2. Lake Powell has been shrinking for the past five years and its currently at its lowest point since 1967. Lake is the key component of the water system in the western U.S. After three years of intense drought and two decades of long-term drought in the American Southwest, federal water managers have been forced to reduce the amount of water that will be portioned out to states around the Colorado River watershed in the 2023 water year.
3. The Po River cuts right over the top of Italy and flows out east into the Adriatic Sea. It’s covered by winter snow in the alps and heavy rainfall in the spring. But now winter was dry in northern Italy, so now less water has been provided by snow, and spring and summer have been dry.The region witnessed the worst drought in seven decades.
4. The Rhine River starts in the Swiss Alps, flows through Germany and the Netherlands and then flows out to the North Sea. It’s an important source for European shipping. The Rhine has different measures along the way, including in Kaub west of Frankfurt, Germany, where the water level has dropped to as low as 32cm (12.6 inches). Shipping companies normally consider anything less than 40cm (15.7 inches) on the Rhine too low to stress with and in Kaub, less than 75cm (29.5 inches) normally means a container ship has to reduce its loads to about 30%, according to Deutsche Bank Economists.
5. Western Europe’s longest Danube River is a crucial shipping channel that passes through 10 countries. In Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria workers are clearing the bed of the river just to ensure vessels can still navigate it. An average 1,600-ton vessel can now only navigate the Hungarian stretch without any cargo according to the country’s tourist board. It’s not in as bad a condition as some of Europe’s other rivers but countries like Hungary are so reliant on the river Danube for tourism, that the impact is already being felt.
6. The France Loire River sustains a valley of vineyards that produce some of the world’s most famous wines. It is considered France’s last wild river, supporting biodiverse ecosystems throughout the valley, and much of it is protected by The Union Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Parts of the river are starting to dry up already, its levels and flow can change rapidly with the weather and as snow melts. Some parts are so dried out from the lack of rain and extreme heat.
7.China’s Yangtze River is drying up at its banks, and Yangtze’s tributaries are already intensely dry. China has announced a nationwide drought alert for the first time in nine years, and its heatwave is its longest in six decades.Drying Yangtze has a vast impact, In the Sichuan province of 84 million people, hydropower makes up about 80% of electricity capacity.
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