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Beidagang Reservoir

Coordinates: 38°44′41″N 117°20′15″E / 38.74472°N 117.33750°E / 38.74472; 117.33750
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Beidagang Reservoir
Beidagang Reservoir is located in Tianjin
Beidagang Reservoir
Beidagang Reservoir
LocationDagang District, Tianjin
Coordinates38°44′41″N 117°20′15″E / 38.74472°N 117.33750°E / 38.74472; 117.33750
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsDuliujian River (artificial branch of Hai River)
Catchment area1,170 km2 (500 sq mi)
Basin countries People's Republic of China
Max. length26 km (20 mi)
Max. width11 km (7 mi)
Surface area149 km2 (60 sq mi)
Average depth7 m (20 ft)
Water volume436,000,000 m3 (2×1010 cu ft)
Shore length154.5 km (30 mi)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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]

References

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  1. ^ "中国水库名称代码" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  2. ^ 赵文玉,王启山,赵玉明 等 (2004). ""引黄水"在北大港水库蓄存期水质咸化机理分析及防治措施". 南水北调与水利科技. 2 (6): 24–26.