   poyang lake (, gan: po-yong u), located in jiangxi province, is the largest freshwater lake in china.http://english.people.com.cn/200202/21/eng20020221_90777.shtml people's daily online "spring fishing ban on china's largest freshwater lake" the area of the lake fluctuates dramatically between the wet and dry seasons, but in recent years the size of the lake has been decreasing overall. in a normal year the area of the lake averages . in early 2012, due to drought and the practice of storing water at the three gorges dam the area of the lake reached a low of about .http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/31/china-freshwater-lake-dries-up the guardian "china's largest freshwater lake dries up" the lake provides a habitat for half a million migratory birdshttp://www.globalnature.org/docs/02_vorlage.asp?id=15793&sp=e&m1=11089&m2=11093&m3=11178&m4=15621&m5=15793&m6=&domid=1011 global nature fund: "detailed data lake poyang-hu" and is a favorite destination for birding. it is fed by the gan, xin, and xiu rivers, which connect to the yangtze through a channel.
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