[pf] Fw. Water sources for China (Yellow River) dry upXinhua

· Mainly:
  "The nation's second-longest waterway, the Yellow River, has been dying
over the years, harmed by excessive water use and pollution."
· but also note the last paragraph:
  "China has fought a long battle to control the unpredictable Yellow River.
 Meticulous reports of the river's torment have been kept since the 7th
century B.C. and flooding along its densely-populated lower reaches became
so rampant in the 17th and 18th centuries the Qing dynasty emperor created
a high-ranking government post to address the problem."

· This typifies the future, IMO.  D.

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http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/12711/newsDate/9-Oct-2001
/story.htm is: Water sources for China Yellow River dry up—Xinhua
CHINA: October 9, 2001

BEIJING - More than 2,000 lakes that nurture China's once ferocious Yellow
River in the western province of Qinghai are disappearing and causing water
shortages for the local people, state-run Xinhua said on the weekend. 

 Dubbed "China's Sorrow" for its disastrous floods over the centuries, the
nation's second-longest Yellow River waterway has been dying over the
years, harmed by excessive water use and pollution.

 Global warming had also taken its toll, putting pressure on the Yellow
River's water supply for several consecutive years, Xinhua news agency said.

 Over half of the ground rivers and lakes in Qinghai's Madoi county -
formerly known as a "county of thousands of lakes" - had already
disappeared, making 30 percent of the county's grassland vanish and harming
grazing activities, it said.

 Drought this summer had deprived local livestock of sufficient food and
dried up more than 120 of the county's sources of drinking water, it said.

 Although now tame, China has fought a long battle to control the
unpredictable Yellow River.

 Meticulous reports of the river's torment have been kept since the 7th
century B.C. and flooding along its densely-populated lower reaches became
so rampant in the 17th and 18th centuries the Qing dynasty emperor created
a high-ranking government post to address the problem. 

 REUTERS

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