Yuanjisi Reservoir
LocationHuangpi District, Wuhan[1]
Coordinates31°06′25″N 114°18′11″E / 31.107°N 114.303°E / 31.107; 114.303
Construction beganOctober 1958

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]

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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