Dongping Lake
| Dongping Lake | |
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  Dongping Lake | |
| Coordinates | 35°57′53″N116°11′45″E/ 35.96472°N 116.19583°E |
| Lake type | Fresh water lake |
| Primary inflows | Dawen River |
| Primary outflows | Yellow River |
| Catchment area | 9,064 km2(3,500 sq mi) |
| Basincountries | China |
| Max. length | 23.5 km (15 mi) |
| Max. width | 9.7 km (6 mi) |
| Surface area | 148 km2(100 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 1.59 m (5 ft) |
| Max. depth | 2.4 m (8 ft) |
| Water volume | 235×106m3(8.3×109cu ft) |
| Surface elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
TheDongping Lake(Chinese:ĐôngBìnhHồ;pinyin:Dōngpíng Hú) is a freshwater lake inShandong ProvinceofChina.It is situated inDongping Countyin the west ofShandong Province,south of the lower reaches ofYellow River.The lake has a total area of about 148 square kilometers. The average depth is 1.59 m, the water storage capacity is about 2.35×108m3.[1]
The Dongping Lake is the second largest fresh-water lake in Shandong Province; it is the only extant water area of the Eight Hundred Li Liangshan Lake (Chinese:Bát bách lí lương sơn thủy bạc) described in the famous medieval novel,Water Margin,one of theFour Great Classical NovelsofChinese literature.[2][better source needed]
The Dongping Lake will be used as a reservoir on the Eastern Route of China'sSouth–North Water Transfer Project.(TheYangtze RivertoYellow Riverroute, mostly piggybacking on, or paralleling, theGrand Canal of China.[3][4]) As the water transfer system entered its testing stage in the summer of 2013, the area'sfish farmersstarted complaining that the polluted Yangtze River water entering the Dongping Lake is killing their fish.[5]
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- ^Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998).Lakes in China.Beijing: Science Press. p. 304.ISBN7-03-006706-1.
- ^www.chinakindnesstour.com
- ^The map at the "Eastern Route Project (ERP)Archived2015-06-28 at theWayback Machine"page, on the official project site.
- ^Nam thủy bắc điều đông tuyến công trình đối đông bình hồ súc thủy đích ảnh hưởng cập đối sáchArchivedNovember 6, 2013, at theWayback Machine
- ^Chinese Water Diversion Project Kills Fish on Test Run,2013-07-08
