Water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir after flood discharge has dropped 25 meters

Original title: Water level above the Three Gorges Reservoir dam approaches 150 meters

On May 25, ships dock at the Sawan anchorage in Zigui County, Hubei Province, upstream of the Three Gorges Dam, waiting to pass through the locks.

Hydrological information released by China Yangtze Three Gorges Group Corporation shows that at 20:00 on May 24, the water level above the Three Gorges Reservoir dam was 150.93 meters, approaching the 150-meter mark. As the water level above the Three Gorges Reservoir dam declined from the maximum impoundment level of 175 meters to 150 meters, the released storage capacity reached 19.6 billion cubic meters, accounting for 88% of the Three Gorges Reservoir's effective flood control storage capacity.

Xinhua News Agency release (Photo by Zheng Jiayu)

This is a photo taken on May 25 of the Yinxingtuo roll-on/roll-off terminal in Zigui County, Hubei Province, upstream of the Three Gorges Dam.

This is a photo taken on May 25 of the Three Gorges Dam.