Beidagang Reservoir
Beidagang Reservoir is a large reservoir in southern Tianjin built between 1974 and 1980. It is the only large reservoir on the route of the Yellow River-Tianjin water transfer project. It serves as the water supply reservoir to the downtown of Tianjin and surrounding industrial and agricultural areas. The wetland around the reservoir is registered as a protected wetland of China.
| Beidagang Reservoir | |
|---|---|
Beidagang Reservoir | |
| Location | Dagang District, Tianjin |
| Coordinates | 38°44′41″N 117°20′15″E |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Duliujian River (artificial branch of Hai River) |
| Catchment area | 1,170 km2 (500 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | People's Republic of China |
| Max. length | 26 km (20 mi) |
| Max. width | 11 km (7 mi) |
| Surface area | 149 km2 (60 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 7 m (20 ft) |
| Water volume | 436,000,000 m3 (2×1010 cu ft) |
| Shore length1 | 54.5 km (30 mi) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
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