Located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in my country with a maximum area of 4,125 square kilometers. Of course, Dongting Lake, also located in the Yangtze River Basin, was once the largest freshwater lake in my country. However, due to sediment deposition and reclamation of the lake, the area of Dongting Lake in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River has been shrinking, and the largest freshwater lake in my country has been given up. The throne of the lake.
Jiangxi Poyang Lake entered the dry season in advance
In recent years, under the implementation of ecological protection policies , The area of Dongting Lake has recovered. The current lake area is about 2579 square kilometers, which is still not as big as Poyang Lake. However, we found that 4,125 square kilometers is the largest area of Poyang Lake, which means that the area of Poyang Lake is not larger than that of Dongting Lake at any time of the year. The water level of Poyang Lake drops during the dry season, and the area of the lake shrinks. The smallest lake area is only More than 500 square kilometers.
Location map of Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake
The largest area of Poyang Lake is the period of its smallest area About 8 times, if the average is taken, that is, the water level is 14 meters to 15 meters above sea level, the area of Poyang Lake is about 3,150 square kilometers. From the perspective of climate, the main reason for the change of water level and lake area in Poyang Lake is the uncertainty of monsoon climate. From the perspective of changes during the year, most of the entire Yangtze River Basin has a subtropical monsoon climate, with abundant precipitation in summer, which is the wet season, and low precipitation in winter, which is the dry season.
Poyang Lake water system map
Every summer season, the summer monsoon from the ocean will bring A large amount of water vapor forms abundant precipitation, and the water level of Poyang Lake continues to rise, entering a wet season. After the rainy season, the precipitation decreases, the amount of water entering the lake is less than the amount of water leaving the lake, and the water level of the lake gradually decreases. Generally speaking, Poyang Lake enters a dry season in October. However, since Poyang Lake entered August this year, the water level of the lake has continued to decline.
Interchange of Poyang Lake and Yangtze River
On August 6, the representative station of Poyang Lake, Xingzi Station The water level retreated to 11.99 meters, the lowest water level in the same period on record, marking that Poyang Lake entered a dry season. This means that this year is the earliest year that Poyang Lake has entered a dry season, which is more than 100 days earlier than the average time in previous years. Obviously, the main reason for the early entry of Poyang Lake into the dry season is that since the beginning of summer this year, especially since July, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been controlled by the subtropical high pressure belt for a long time, prevailing downdraft airflow and less precipitation.
Subtropical high pressure belt and Poyang Lake
At the same time, the high temperature weather controlled by the subtropical high , resulting in strong surface water evaporation, aggravating the loss of surface water. In addition, every summer and autumn are the seasons when the southeast coastal areas of my country are greatly affected by typhoons, but the number of typhoons affecting my country this year is significantly less than in previous years. So far, no typhoons have landed in the southeast coastal areas of my country. The precipitation in the Poyang Lake basin cannot be replenished. To sum up, the extreme climate that has ravaged the world this summer has caused less precipitation in the Poyang Lake Basin, causing Poyang Lake to enter the dry season earlier.
Poyang Lake