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Poyang

American  
[paw-yahng] / ˈpɔˈjɑŋ /

noun

  1. a lake in E China, in Kiangsi province. 90 miles (145 km) long.


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In China's Poyang Lake, the country's largest freshwater lake, the researchers calculated that rotifers were creating 13.3 quadrillion particles every single day.

From Science Daily Nov. 9, 2023

China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, entered its dry season on Thursday, the earliest start to the season since record-keeping began in the 1950s, according to the authorities in Jiangxi Province.

From New York Times Jul. 21, 2023

Among the many striking images is a pattern left in the mud flats around Poyang Lake, usually the largest freshwater body in the country, which has shrunk by more than two-thirds.

From Washington Post Aug. 24, 2022

The dramatic decline of water coverage in Poyang Lake in the central province of Jiangxi otherwise had cut off irrigation channels to neighboring farmlands in one of China’s key rice-growing regions.

From Seattle Times Aug. 23, 2022

Lying to the south of the river, is the province of Kiangsi, containing the Poyang Lake, next in size to the Tungting.

From The Awakening of China by W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons) Martin

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