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Dongting
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Dongting [ˈdʊŋˈtɪŋ], Tungting, Tung-t'ing
n
(Placename) a lake in S China, in NE Hunan province: main outlet flows to the Yangtze; rice-growing in winter. Area: (in winter) 3900 sq. km (1500 sq. miles)


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Construction of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River will substantially change the ecology of the Dongting Lake in southern China.
The freshwater porpoise, about 2,000 of which live in the Yangtze and adjoining Poyang and Dongting lakes, are declining by 7.
The Dongting Lake is close to bursting its banks and swamping six cities and dozens of villages
 
 
 
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