1. Unexpected rain hit the upper reaches of the river in Central China and forced various reservoirs to discharge simultaneously.
2. Initiate investigation shows that the pollution was caused by industrial waste water of a chemical plant located on the upper reaches of a local river.
3. The flow rate has gradually increased since Sunday evening and is expected to keep climbing, as rain has been forecast for the upper reaches of the river.
4. He said the boat was overturned by the torrential flow after Thursday night's heavy rain destroyed a dam in the upper reaches.
5. He said reservoirs on the upper reaches would have to discharge more water as the situation deteriorates.
6. An aged villager recalled a heavy flood in the area in 1939 when many large trees floated down from the upper reaches of the river.
7. The flow has continued slowing down as a result of a drop in the volume of water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze.
8. Fishing is also banned in the upper reaches of the river annually from February to the end of April.
9. The Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River releases floodwater at the junction of its middle and upper reaches on July 10.
10. The first happened when the level reached just over 172 meters and caused geological problems along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.