Plover Cove Reservoir

Plover Cove Reservoir
Aerial view of Plover Cove Reservoir
Plover Cove Reservoir is located in Hong Kong
Plover Cove Reservoir
Plover Cove Reservoir
LocationNew Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°28′15″N 114°15′10″E / 22.47083°N 114.25278°E / 22.47083; 114.25278
Typecoastal reservoir
Managing agencyWater Supplies Department
Water volume230,000,000 cubic metres (8.1×109 cu ft)
Plover Cove Reservoir
Traditional Chinese船灣淡水湖
Simplified Chinese船湾淡水湖
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChuánwān Dànshuǐhú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSyùhn wāan táahm séui wùh
JyutpingSyun4 waan1 taam5 seoi2 wu4

Plover Cove Reservoir, located within Plover Cove Country Park, in the northeastern New Territories, is the largest reservoir in Hong Kong in terms of area, and the second-largest in terms of volume.[1] It is the world's first freshwater coastal lake constructed from an arm of the ocean. Its main dam, which disconnected Plover Cove from the sea, was one of the largest in the world at the time of its construction.