A hiker has uncovered the truth about s highest waterfall - it's partly man-made, with water supplied through a pipe. Yuntai park staff were compelled to concede that due to scant rainfall, they required assistance from a pipe to feed the waterfall. Footage of water gushing from the man-made installation embedded high in the cliff face of Yuntai Mountain Waterfall has raked in over 14 million views on Weibo, China's well-liked social medial platform.
Boasting a drop of 314 metres, the waterfall is marketed by park officials as Asia's tallest and resides in Henan province in eastern China. In a letter issued on Tuesday, Yuntai tourism park admitted to facilitating "small enhancement during the dry season," attributing it to seasonal changes. Although China inhabits a little over 17% of the global population, it only holds six per cent of the world's freshwater resources.
The country has lately been hit with severe weather occurrences like chilling springtime temperatures in southern regions and heavy downpours, according to China Daily, reports . The last two years have seen China grappling with an extensive drought which initiated in 2022, culminating in its worst scenario that August, when lakes and rivers shrunk noticeably, says the . This led to a reduction of surface water resources throughout China in 2022, dropping to figures 7% below the 10-year-average level from 2012-2021.
While staff at the Yuntai Mountain Waterfall have been using water pipes to supplement the attr.
