Tianping Reservoir

Tianping Reservoir
Qingshan Lake
田坪水库 (Chinese)
Tianping Reservoir
Tianping Reservoir is located in Hunan
Tianping Reservoir
Tianping Reservoir
LocationQingshanqiao Town, Ningxiang, Hunan
Coordinates27°59′24″N 111°59′53″E / 27.990°N 111.998°E / 27.990; 111.998
TypeReservoir
Primary outflowsWei River
Basin countriesChina
Built1970s
First flooded1970s
Surface area4.2 square kilometres (1,000 acres)
Water volume44,160,000 cubic metres (11.67×10^9 US gal)

The Tianping Reservoir (simplified Chinese: 田坪水库; traditional Chinese: 田坪水庫; pinyin: Tiánpíng Shuǐkù), also known as Qingshan Lake (Chinese: 青山湖), is a large reservoir located in the western part of Ningxiang, Hunan, China.[1] It is the largest body of water in Ningxiang and the second largest reservoir in Ningxiang. The reservoir is the source of the Wei River.

Created by damming some small rivers, the Tianping Reservoir has an area of 4.2 square kilometres (1,000 acres) and a capacity of 4,416 cubic metres (0.001167×10^9 US gal).[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Huang Haichao & Jiang Hongzhao (2002), p. 35.
  2. ^ 《芙蓉山水》 (in Chinese). 青山桥人民政府网. Archived from the original on 2006-07-02. Retrieved 2006-04-17.