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Brief Introduction to the Selected Chinese Reservoirs

Authors : Gang Wen, Zizhen Zhou, Yang Li, Tinglin Huang

Published in: Water Pollution and Water Quality Control of Selected Chinese Reservoir Basins

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Reservoirs are artificially formed in the bed of a river by building a dam, which intercepts the runoff. They have narrow surface but great depth, and the water level changes significantly during flooding. The mean depth of Chinese reservoirs is around 20–50 m.

China is a country with numerous lakes and reservoirs. There are more than 2300 lakes with individual areas of more than 1 km², and the total area is 70,988 km², with the fresh water of 2.25 × 10¹¹ m³. There are 86,852 reservoirs and the total volume is 4.13 × 10¹¹ m³. The total volume of fresh water in lakes and reservoirs is, therefore, 6.38 × 10¹¹ m³. They are the important fresh water source of drinking water in China.

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Title: Brief Introduction to the Selected Chinese Reservoirs
Authors: Gang Wen
Zizhen Zhou
Yang Li
Tinglin Huang
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Water Pollution and Water Quality Control of Selected Chinese Reservoir Basins
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-20390-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-20391-1

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20391-1_1