Floods have also increasingly struck the Yangtze River, due to wanton exploitation of the river's upper reaches and to the diminishment of riverine lakes from excessive land reclamation (see last month's issue).
長江流域因上游的濫墾，及湖泊地區的圍湖造田，水量調節能力大減，決堤泛濫次數也遽增。（詳情請看本刊上期「洞庭湖不再是中國第一」專題）