(250501) -- XI'AN, May 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Employees Gan Yuan (L) and Huo Mingchong check hydrological data at the Longmen Hydrological Station in Hancheng City of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 28, 2025.
Longmen Hydrological Station is located at a cliff on the bank of the Yellow River in Hancheng City. It faces Hancheng in the west and Hejin City of north China's Shanxi Province in the east. The only passage leading to the station is a steel cableway set among a canyon.
The station, an important flood reporting station for the Yellow River, has accumulated plenty of hydrological data for the management of the river and the development of the national economy.
Technicians at the station monitor 498,000 square kilometers of water resource of the Yellow River, collecting first-hand hydrological data, and measuring the water flow, sand content, water level and water quality. Seven of all the 11 employees here were born after 1995, and have witnessed the improvement in the condition of work and life here in recent years. (Xinhua/Zou Jingyi)
