Yuanjisi Reservoir

Yuanjisi Reservoir[2] (simplified Chinese: 院基寺水库; traditional Chinese: 院基寺水庫; pinyin: Yuànjī sì shuǐkù), or Yuanji Temple Reservoir, also known as Moon Lake,[3] is a middle-sized reservoir[4] in Huangpi District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, located in the upper reaches of Bomogang River, a tributary of Sheshui River.[5]

Yuanjisi Reservoir
LocationHuangpi District, Wuhan[1]
Coordinates31.107°N 114.303°E / 31.107; 114.303
Construction beganOctober 1958

The reservoir has a water surface area of 533.3 hectares with a total storage capacity of 104.8 million cubic meters.[6]

History

The construction of Yuanjisi Reservoir started in October 1958, employing more than 20,000 people in Huangpi County at the time,[7] and was completed in January 1961.[8]

References
  1. "23-year-old college student who studied in England died while saving a child from falling into the water". China News Service. 2015-07-13.
  2. Xie, Qijiao; Sun, Qi (January 28, 2021). "Monitoring the Spatial Variation of Aerosol Optical Depth and Its Correlation with Land Use/Land Cover in Wuhan, China: A Perspective of Urban Planning". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18 (3): 1132. doi:10.3390/ijerph18031132. PMC 7908386. PMID 33525318.
  3. "Changling Sub-district Office launched a remediation action for scattered garbage in the Yuanjisi Reservoir area". Wuhan Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau. 2020-09-29. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09.
  4. "Research Report of Urban Flood Risk Management Capacity". United Nations Development Programme. May 4, 2020. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021.
  5. Huangpi County History. Wuhan Publishing House. 1992. ISBN 978-7-5430-0797-0.
  6. "Tidal Flat Planning for Aquaculture Waters in Wuhan" (PDF). Wuhan Municipal Agricultural and Rural Bureau. 2020-04-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-09.
  7. "People: Gu Bo, a county party secretary who dared to seek truth in the Great Leap Forward". Sina.com.cn. 2005-06-13. Archived from the original on 2005-06-16.
  8. Wuhan City Chronicles: Transportation and Post and Telecommunications. Wuhan University Press.
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