Danjiangkou City, Hubei Provinceand Nanyang City, Henan ProvinceXichuan County.
Danjiangkou Reservoir is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Han River. It is distributed in Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province and Xichuan County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. Henan provinces. It is the largest artificial freshwater lake in Asia. It is also the water source of the National South-North Water Diversion Project, a national first-level water source protection zone, an important wetland protection zone in China. and a national ecological civilization demonstration zone.
Danjiangkou Reservoir was built in 1958 and completed in 1973. It covers an area of about 1,000 square kilometers, or about a quarter of Qinghai Lake, the largest lake in China, and ranks at the forefront of the main lakes. lakesrtificials of Asia, known as the “Little Pacific”.
The magnificent Danjiang water lingers and twists from the high mountains of Shangluo Mountain. With a deep attachment to the mountains, it flows slowly to the junction of Henan and Hubei, the narrowest part of the water surface. in the reservoir area is the Guanfang beach area. The confrontation between the two sides is less than 300 meters; the widest point is in the Liguan Bridge area, with a width of more than 20 kilometers from east to west; in the reservoir area is in the middle of the provincial boundary river under the platform between Danjiangkou and Xichuan, with a depth of more than 80 meters.
Danjiangkou Reservoir is divided into two parts: Hanjiang Reservoir Area and Danjiang Reservoir Area. 90% of the reservoir's water comes from the Han River and 10% from the Danjiang River. total of 17.4billion cubic meters of water, which is why it is called the natural water level regulator.
The Danjiangkou Reservoir Center Project consists of four parts: a river dam, a power plant, a boat lift and the heads of two irrigation diversion canals. The total length of the dam is 2,494 meters and the height is 2,494 meters. the dam measures 162 meters. The dam is 1,141 meters long, 97 meters high, has a designed water storage level of 157 meters, a corresponding storage capacity of 17.4 billion cubic meters and a flood discharge capacity of 9 200 cubic meters per second. The heads of the two diversion canals are Taocha in Henan and Qingquangou Tunnel in Hubei, with a planned flow of 100 cubic meters per second.
The Danjiangkou Reservoir stretches for tens of kilometers. The Henan part has a relatively regular shape, about 20 kilometers long from the northd to the south and 10 kilometers wide from east to west. To the east is the fertile Nanyang Basin. , next to provincial roads 224 and 241. The national highway, Nei-Deng highway and the head of the south-north water diversion median line project are also located here. The south, west and north sides are rolling hills , and over there ; Many peninsulas extend into the reservoir, including Xingshan Geopark, Xiangyan Temple, Zazen Valley, Daguan Garden and other attractions.
The Hubei part of the Danjiangkou Reservoir is surrounded by mountains and is long and narrow from east to west. It begins at the junction of Henan and Hubei in the east and extends west to the east side of the Xijun Bridge. It is more than 40 kilometers long and is located Songtao Villa, Danjiangkou Dam, Canglang Sea, Ruyi Island, Danjiangkou National Forest Park, Thousand Island Gallery, the famous Wudang and Au mountainsvery attractions.
Reference for the content above? Baidu Encyclopedia – Danjiangkou Reservoir