The Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain's many lakes and rivers make it particularly suitable for paddy rice and freshwater fish, hence its designation of "land of fish and rice."
长江中下游平原地势低平，河流和湖泊星罗棋布，是中国主要的水稻、淡水鱼产区，素称? 鱼米之乡?
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Barrier lakes made formed by earthquake threaten the lower reaches enormously.
地震形成的堰塞湖，对下游威胁极大。
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Horseshoe shaped lakes or oxbow lakes are not unusual in the flat plains of the lower Mississippi river and deltas of other rivers.