The dry riverbed on the Yangtze River has been exposed due to the decreasing precipitation in southeastern China.<br /><br />The drone video, filmed in the city of Nanchang on October 22, shows stretches of the dried-up riverbed on the Gan River which is a tributary of the Yangtze River.<br /><br />Cracks can be seen on the shore because of the severe drought.<br /><br />The water level of the Gan River was only 11.61 metres on October 20. <br /><br />The period between now August and October was the hottest Jiangxi Province has ever been and in that same period, the average rainfall was down 90%.
