The water level of Poyang Lake fell below the12m mark and officially entered the dry season. Is it directly related to the Three Gorges Project?

Friends who have a certain understanding of China's ecological environment should know that Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China. As far as the water level of Poyang Lake is concerned, it has now fallen below the threshold of 12 meters, and Poyang Lake entered the dry season about 100 days in advance, which also caused controversy. Some people even think that Poyang Lake's early entry into the dry season is related to the Three Gorges Project, so is it directly related to the Three Gorges Project?

In fact, as far as this year's situation is concerned, Poyang Lake entered the dry season ahead of schedule, and the water level dropped largely because the weather was dry this year, which can be described as very dry. The high temperature weather also lasted for a long time in many places, which hindered the water supply to the rivers in Poyang Lake Basin, because the high temperature weather in Wan Li was cloudless and sunny in Wan Li. So there is not enough rain to supplement Poyang Lake, and the rivers around Poyang Lake can't get enough rain to supplement it. At this time, the water level drop in Poyang Lake is very obvious. As for whether it is directly related to the Three Gorges Project, it is still unknown.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, Poyang Lake entered the dry season ahead of time mainly because the weather was too dry, and because of the drought, the supplementary rivers of Poyang Lake could not replenish Poyang Lake in time. We can see that this year's dry weather is very obvious and mainly controlled by the subtropical high, and the high temperature weather has also had a very strong impact on the surrounding areas of Poyang Lake. Therefore, the rivers in Poyang Lake basin lack rainwater supply, and the corresponding Poyang Lake may also have a phenomenon of water level decline.

Is the water level drop of Poyang Lake related to the Three Gorges Project? This problem still needs to be studied, and of course, professionals need to conduct scientific and systematic investigations to reach a conclusion.