Source of Pearl River drying up in Yunnan?
via danwei.org
On the front page of the Zhuhai Evening News (珠海晚报) is a picture showing the source of the Zhujiang River, or Pearl River, which is apparently near to drying up.
The photo was taken on March 25 in Yunnan province, Zhanyi county (云南省沾益县), and released by Xinhua. The caption informs that the water level has lowered significantly; the trace of the current water imprint around half a meter higher than the water.
The Pearl River is the third long river aside from the Yellow River and the Yangtze. The drought that is blazing through southwestern China has been covered in newspapers all across China this week.
Wow, that’s … not good. The Pearl River runs right through Guangzhou and has been the lifeblood of the southeast coastal region of China. Hope this is just temporary.
