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Shrinking lake

Updated: 2013-11-07 09:10
( Xinhua)
Shrinking lake

Hit by drought since mid-October, the largest freshwater lake in China has seen its water level drop to 8.2 meters on Wednesday, close to its seasonal low water level of 8 meters. Satellite images showed the lake shrank to 1,375 square kilometers, the smallest during the same period in the past decade. [Photo/Xinhua]

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