South Dongting Lake

Designations
Official nameNan Dongting Wetland and Waterfowl Nature Reserve
Designated11 January 2002
Reference no.1151[1]

South Dongting Lake (Chinese: 南洞庭湖), also known as The pearl of the Yangtze River,[2] is a large freshwater lake located in the north of the province of Hunan, China, in the Dongting Lake region. The South Dongting Lake occupies approximately one-eighth of the total combined area of all wetlands in the world.[3] The lake is internationally regarded as an important wetland and has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2002.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Nan Dongting Wetland and Waterfowl Nature Reserve". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ "South Dongting Lake, The pearl of the Yangtze River Guangming Daily. 2018-08-15 .
  3. ^ He Ping; Wang Baozhong "Landscape ecological assessment and eco-tourism development in the South Dongting Lake Wetland, China Journal of Environmental Sciences, China. 2003. iOS press. Retrieved August 18, 2012.