Beidagang Reservoir

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 km^2 (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 km^2 (60 sq mi)
Average depth	7 m (20 ft)
Water volume	436,000,000 m^3 (2×10^10 cu ft)
Shore length^1	54.5 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

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.