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Yellow River at risk

25 October 2005
The first bridge over the Yellow River - even in the rainy season the water level is low. The Yellow River is relied upon by 120 million Chinese for food irrigation, industry and other uses. Global warming at the source of the river is already leading to it drying up.

The first bridge over the Yellow River - even in the rainy season the water level is low. The Yellow River is relied upon by 120 million Chinese for food irrigation, industry and other uses. Global warming at the source of the river is already leading to it drying up.

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China's mighty Yellow River originates on the Tibetan Plateau but is under threat from global warming.

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