Introduction of Qiandao Lake Tourist Attractions

Qiandao Lake, located in Chun 'an County, Zhejiang Province, is the first self-built and self-made hydropower station built in China in 1959. It is an artificial lake formed by damming and storing water. It is a national first-class water body.

Mu Qing, former president of Xinhua News Agency, praised it as the best water in the world. The whole lake area is divided into five great lakes: northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest and central.

Qiandao Lake is full of blue waves, beautiful scenery, beautiful mountains and rivers, deep canyons, beautiful streams, strange caves, and a variety of biological resources, cultural relics and rich local products, which constitute the scenic characteristics of the island and lake. It is a 5A-level tourist attraction in China.

Qiandao Lake is tree-shaped, with an area of 56,740 square kilometers and more than a thousand islands. The height of the dam is108m, the length is 462m, the drainage area is10480km2, the total storage capacity is 178 and 400 million cubic meters, the length from north to south is150km, and the width is10km. The water area is 580 square kilometers, and the coastline length is 1406 kilometers. The water depth in front of Gandao Lake dam can reach 90 meters, with an average water depth of 34 meters. The sediments in this lake are mainly yellow clay.