Poyang

[ paw-yahng ]

noun

1. a lake in E China, in Kiangsi province. 90 miles (145 km) long.

Example Sentences

In China's Poyang Lake, the country's largest freshwater lake, the researchers calculated that rotifers were creating 13.3 quadrillion particles every single day.

From Science Daily

China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, entered its dry season on Thursday, the earliest start to the season since record-keeping began in the 1950s, according to the authorities in Jiangxi Province.

From New York Times

A prolonged drought since July has dramatically shrunk China’s biggest freshwater lake, Poyang.

From Seattle Times

Among the many striking images is a pattern left in the mud flats around Poyang Lake, usually the largest freshwater body in the country, which has shrunk by more than two-thirds.

From Washington Post

The dramatic decline of water coverage in Poyang Lake in the central province of Jiangxi otherwise had cut off irrigation channels to neighboring farmlands in one of China’s key rice-growing regions.

From Seattle Times