NANCHANG, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, has shrunk by 90 percent from its high-water season level and entered an extremely low-water level, local authorities said Sunday.

At the landmark Xingzi hydrological station in east China's Jiangxi Province, the water level fell below the extremely low-water mark on Sunday morning, with the gauge reading only 8 meters.

Local governments around the lake are closely monitoring the situation, implementing precise water management measures and carrying out emergency responses, such as dredging channels and supplementing ecological water, to minimize the impact.