China is a country of contradictions in it's geography. Sea level rise effects it's inland rivers in that it will raise the levels of those rivers. In the opposite reality are the Himalayas and Mount Everest.
2016-06-03 (click here)
Cars drive through a flooded street in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, June 2, 2016. Heavy rains disrupted road traffic in Southern China and many cities became water-logged.
A flooded road in Chongqing municipality on June 1, 2016. Downtown Chongqing and 22 other districts and counties have seen rainfall of up to 210.5 mm since Wednesday. Chongqing weather authority has issued orange alerts for the rainstorms and floods as the continuous rainfall has caused landsides in many regions. Local hydrology authorities warned that the water level of 16 rivers in Chongqing will exceed the warning level. Relief work is under way.
Water gushes from gates of Menkantan Hydropower Station in Yunyang county, Chongqing municipality, June 2, 2016. The persisting rainstorm pushed up its water level and the hydropower station had to release flood water.
2016-06-03 (click here)
Cars drive through a flooded street in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, June 2, 2016. Heavy rains disrupted road traffic in Southern China and many cities became water-logged.
