31.   Central China suffers flooding every summer, when waters surge down the Yangtze toward major cities and farming regions along its lower reaches.

32.   Earlier this month, health officials warned against eating fish from the lower reaches of the Amur River in the Russian Far East which was dangerously contaminated by phenol.

33.   Fighters on the lower reaches rely on supplies of puris and spicy pickles sent up in plastic pouches by special units.

34.   Fishing will only be permitted in the lower reaches of the Volga and the Ural rivers, the Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.

35.   Health officials Wednesday warned against eating fish taken from the lower reaches of the Amur River, which they say is dangerously contaminated by industrial waste.

36.   Henan, located on the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River is famous for its Shaolin Temple of martial arts experts.

37.   More flooding is expected, with water levels in the lower reaches of the giant Yangtze river already above warning levels in several cities, Xinhua said.

38.   The Chao Phya River that runs through Bangkok is biologically dead in its lower reaches.

39.   The Baiji dolphin lives only in the heavily polluted middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

40.   The draw leaves both sides in the lower reaches with Zaragoza on five points and Tenerife with four.