Photo taken on Oct. 25, 2012 shows the dried-up lake bed of Poyang Lake nearby the Xingzi county in Jiujiang city of east China's Jiangxi Province. China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, has seen a low water level in recent days, with the water-surface area shrinking from this year's record of 3,990 square km to the current 1,060 square km.
2012年10月25日，江西九江，由于水位持续下降，鄱阳湖九江市星子县白鹿镇水域大片湖滩裸露出来。近日，中国最大淡水湖鄱阳湖开始进入低水位期相应的湖区水体面积从今年8月16日最大值的3990平方公里，萎缩至现在的1060平方公里。

Key words：
淡水湖dànshuǐ hú: freshwater
水位shuǐ wèi: water level
萎缩wěi suō: to shrink
平方公里píngfāng gōnglǐ: square km
湖床hú chuáng: lake bed