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DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-97725-6_1
Title (Primary) Background information about Poyang Lake Basin
Title (Secondary) Chinese water systems. Volume 3: Poyang Lake Basin
Author Nixdorf, E.; Zhou, C.
Publisher Yue, T.X.; Nixdorf, E.; Zhou, C.; Xu, B.; Zhao, N.; Fan, Z.; Huang, X.; Chen, C.; Kolditz, O.
Source Titel Terrestrial Environmental Sciences
Year 2019
Department ENVINF
Page From 3
Page To 17
Language englisch
Abstract The by maximum annual extension biggest Chinese freshwater lake—Poyang Lake is located in the southeastern part of China. The total area of Poyang Lake Basin is about 162 000 km2. 96.7% of the basin is located within the provincial borders of Jiangxi Province and 1.8% belongs to Huangshan prefecture in Anhui Province. Furthermore, a smaller proportion of 0.7% of the catchment area is located in Fujian Province within the prefectures Nanping and Longyan. Additionally, 0.5% of the basin belongs to Chengzhou in Hunan Province and 0.3% to Xuzhou prefecture in Zhejiang Province.
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Nixdorf, E., Zhou, C. (2019):
Background information about Poyang Lake Basin
In: Yue, T.X., Nixdorf, E., Zhou, C., Xu, B., Zhao, N., Fan, Z., Huang, X., Chen, C., Kolditz, O. (eds.)
Chinese water systems. Volume 3: Poyang Lake Basin
Terrestrial Environmental Sciences
Springer Nature, Cham, p. 3 - 17 10.1007/978-3-319-97725-6_1