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The Yellow River flood season finished and Sanmenxia passed it safely

The Yellow River flood season finished and Sanmenxia passed it safely

Write: Maire [2011-05-20]

Up to October 23,the Yellow River s summer and autumn flood season of this year had finished, and during this period,Sanmenxia reservoir area didn t happen serious flood.

According to the flood control department s introduction,in this year,the average discharge entered into Sanmenxia reservoir is 2140 cubic meters per second,and there were only 3 floods with the discharge over 1500 cubic meters per second. Compared with the former years, this year is a typical moderate-flow year. During the flood season,the 23 flood control projects along Sanmenxia reservoir worked normally,and the channel banks were steady on the whole.

Source: yellowriver website Editor: yangxue