East Asia

East Asia: Water surplus forecast for the Yellow & Yangtze Basins

East Asia: Water surplus forecast for the Yellow & Yangtze Basins

The forecast through April indicates widespread water surpluses in the Yellow River Basin, the Yangtze Basin, Northeast China, and Tibet. Intense deficits are expected in Yunnan and Mongolia and severe deficits in Hainan. In North Korea, deficits are forecast in the northeast.

East Asia: Water deficits forecast for DPRK, Shandong, & Anhui

East Asia: Water deficits forecast for DPRK, Shandong, & Anhui

Through January 2020 deficits are forecast for Mongolia, North Korea, and the following regions of China: eastern Xinjiang, southern Yunnan, Taiwan, Fujian, the Shandong Peninsula, southern Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu. Anomalies will be exceptional in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Yunnan, and Taiwan. Surpluses are forecast in Northeast China and a wide path from Tibet through the Yellow River Basin.

East Asia: Intense water surpluses will persist in NE China

East Asia: Intense water surpluses will persist in NE China

The forecast through December indicates intense water surpluses in Northeast China and surpluses of varying intensity from Tibet through the Yellow River Watershed. Surpluses in China’s south and southeast will shrink and moderate. Deficits are forecast for Shandong, northern Inner Mongolia, eastern Xinjiang, Mongolia, and pockets of North Korea and Honshu, Japan.