Dongting Lake in northern Hunan Province, China

 South of Jingjiang River, is China's third largest lake, after the Qinghai Lake, Poyang Lake is China's second largest freshwater lake, an area of 3,968 sq km (1998), formerly part of the ancient Yunmeng Daze , Dongting Lake Nanna Xiang, Zi, Yuan, Li River to import, connected to the north and the Yangtze River, through the Songzi, Taiping, Ouchi, tuning (1958 has been blocked) Chenglingji into the Yangtze River near the east, the most important for the regulation and storage lakes in the Yangtze River due to silt blockage, reclaim land, now divided into the East Dongting Lake Dongting Lake, South Dongting Lake and the Seven Mile Lake Muping parts.

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Lake Overview

one of five largest freshwater lakes in China, the Yangtze River important to throughput lakes. Lake is located in Jingjiang Nan shore, across Hunan, Hubei provinces, between latitude 28 □ 30 '~ 30 □ 20', longitude 110 □ 40 '~ 113 □ 10'. Lakes area of 18,780 square kilometers, 2,740 square kilometers of natural lake, and another 1200 square kilometers within the lake.

China's third largest freshwater lake (Lake over the years as the lake has been retired for the third reduction in the Great Lakes.) In the southern part of Hubei Province, Hunan Province, north, south of the Yangtze. Songzi north, Taiping, Ouchi, tuning 4 (1958 block tuning port) cited the river to sink, South west Xiang River, Zi water, Yuanjiang, Lishui injection. Water discharged into the Yangtze River by Chenglingji. Year 4 and 4 are usually water flood into the lake each other staggered. Would If there is Since 4 to carry large amounts of water and four sediment, about 128 million tons lake sediment deposition. 1825 when the lake area of about 6,000 square kilometers in 1890 to 5,400 square kilometers, 4,700 square kilometers in 1932, 1960, has been reduced to 3,141 square kilometers. Now the lake elevation of 34.5 m dollars, the lake area of 2,820 square kilometers. Once known as Public water level amplitude of 13.6 feet



Dongting Lake, the 1952 Jingjiang flood diversion project and the construction of flood storage reclamation areas, so that part of the flood spilled into the flood diversion areas, and renovated the lake Polder waterways, reducing the threat of flooding on the Dongting Lake area. Dongting Lake Plain, flat, fertile land, mild climate, abundant rainfall, rich rice, cotton. Lake rich in aquaculture, shipping facilities.