The Yinghe River runoff sharply decreases due to drought in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 5, 2014. Lasting drought in Henan has led to the drop of streamflow of rivers, left 35 percent of the medium- and small-sized reservoirs dried up and affected 740,000 people and 100,000 cattles. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

The Yinghe River runoff sharply decreases due to drought in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 5, 2014. Lasting drought in Henan has led to the drop of streamflow of rivers, left 35 percent of the medium- and small-sized reservoirs dried up and affected 740,000 people and 100,000 cattles. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

The riverbed of the Ruhe River is seen in Baofeng County, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 5, 2014. Lasting drought in Henan has led to the drop of streamflow of rivers, left 35 percent of the medium- and small-sized reservoirs dried up and affected 740,000 people and 100,000 cattles. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Two people fish at the Shahe River whose runoff has sharply decreased due to drought in Luohe City, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 5, 2014. Lasting drought in Henan has led to the drop of streamflow of rivers, left 35 percent of the medium- and small-sized reservoirs dried up and affected 740,000 people and 100,000 cattles. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Sheep graze in the dried-up Longwei Reservoir in Qianjing Town of Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 5, 2014. Lasting drought in Henan has led to the drop of streamflow of rivers, left 35 percent of the medium- and small-sized reservoirs dried up and affected 740,000 people and 100,000 cattles. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

The riverbed of the Yellow River, China's second longest, is seen at Huayuankou in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Aug. 2, 2014. Lasting drought in Henan has led to the drop of streamflow of rivers, left 35 percent of the medium- and small-sized reservoirs dried up and affected 740,000 people and 100,000 cattles. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

The Shahe River runoff sharply decreases due to drought in Luohe City, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 5, 2014. Lasting drought in Henan has led to the drop of streamflow of rivers, left 35 percent of the medium- and small-sized reservoirs dried up and affected 740,000 people and 100,000 cattles. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Sheep graze in the dried-up Longwei Reservoir in Qianjing Town of Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 5, 2014. Lasting drought in Henan has led to the drop of streamflow of rivers, left 35 percent of the medium- and small-sized reservoirs dried up and affected 740,000 people and 100,000 cattles. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)