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This paper mainly deals with water resources of China's lakes. Lakes in China are mainly scattered over five drainage basins, with a total area of 73,580 km2 and a storage capacity of 746,000 million m3, in which the fresh water amounts to 221,000 million m3. The water resources of lakes are not evenly distributed in the regions. Their variations within a year and between years are great. So attention should be paid to the rational utilization of water resources and the problems in mangement need careful and skilful handling.
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Wang, Hd. The water resources of lakes in China. GeoJournal 10, 151–155 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150733
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150733