Beidagang Reservoir | |
Location: | Dagang District, Tianjin |
Type: | reservoir |
Inflow: | Duliujian River (artificial branch of Hai River) |
Catchment: | 1170km2 |
Length: | 26km (16miles) |
Width: | 11km (07miles) |
Pushpin Map: | Tianjin |
Area: | 149km2 |
Depth: | 7m (23feet) |
Volume: | 436000000m2 |
Shore: | 54.5km (33.9miles) |
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. [1] [2]