Flooding on the Yangtze River, China

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Clues

  • How many main tributaries does the Yangze have? (3, 5, 11)
  • What can a watershed also be referred to as? (8, 5)
  • What does metereology involve? (5, 2, 10)
  • What has left the flood plain inadequately protected? (10, 6)
  • What is the Chinese name for the Yangtze river? (5, 5)
  • What is the issue with the current policy of afforestation? (5, 4, 4, 2, 4)
  • What is there occasional input into the Yangtze hydrological system from? (8, 6)
  • Where is the source of the Yangtze? (2, 8, 8)
  • Which lake is a major regulator of hte Yangtze floods that shrunk from 6000km2 in 1700 to 2820km2 by 1980? (8, 4)
  • Why is precipitation high at the source of the Yangtze? (6, 2, 3, 9)

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