What are the five famous lakes in China?

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China, located in the north of Jiangxi Province, with an area of 4 125 square kilometers, and is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Northwest of the lake is Lushan Mountain, a summer resort. Poyang Lake scenic spot mainly refers to the whole of scenic spots and nature reserves in the lake area. There are 4/kloc-0 islands and 7 nature reserves in the lake area.

There are more than 300 species of migratory birds in Poyang Lake, with nearly one million birds, including more than 50 species of rare birds. It is the largest bird sanctuary in the world. There are about 4000 white cranes in the world. 90% of them wintered in Poyang Lake. Poyang Lake is a world of white cranes and a paradise for waterfowl.

2. Dongting Lake

Dongting Lake, formerly known as Yunmeng, Jiujiang and Chonghu, is located on the south bank of Jingjiang River in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, spanning Yueyang, Miluo, Xiangyin, Wangcheng, Yiyang, Yuanjiang, Hanshou, Changde, Tianjin, Anxiang and Nanxian counties and cities. The name of Dongting Lake began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was named after Dongting Mountain (now Junshan Mountain) in the lake.

Dongting Lake receives water from Songzi, Taiping, ouchi and Diaoxian counties of the Yangtze River, connects with four small tributaries of Hunan, Zi, Yuan and Li in the south and west, and flows into the Yangtze River from Chenglingji, Yueyang City.

3. Taihu Lake

Taihu Lake, located in the southern edge of the Yangtze River Delta, was called Zhenze and Juqu in ancient times, and also called Wuhu and Lize. It is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China, with a boundary of 30 55' 40 "~ 365 438+0 32' 58" north latitude and 65 438+065 438+09 52' 32 "~ 65 438 east longitude.

Taihu Lake covers an area of 2,427.8 square kilometers, with a water area of 2,338.1square kilometer and a coastline of 393.2 kilometers. Its west and southwest are hills and mountains, and its east is dominated by plains and water networks.

4. Hongze Lake

Hongze Lake, the fourth largest freshwater lake in China. Located in the lower reaches of Huaihe River in the west of Jiangsu, on the west side of the central part of Subei Plain, in Huai 'an and Suqian, with a geographical location of 33? 06′—33? 40', east longitude 1 18? 10′— 1 18? 52' is the junction of the middle and lower reaches of the Huaihe River.

Originally a shallow lake group, it was called Fuling Lake in ancient times. After the Han Dynasty, it was called Broken Kettle Pond, which was called Hongzepu in Sui Dynasty and Hongzehu in Tang Dynasty. After 1 128, the Yellow River south migrated through Surabaya to seize the lower reaches of the Huaihe River and enter the waters below Huaiyin. The Huaihe River lost its access to the sea and stored water in the east of Xuyi, and the original small lake was expanded into Hongze Lake.

5.chaohu lake

Chaohu Lake, once called Nanchao and Juchao Lake, is commonly known as Jiaohu Lake. The lakes in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River system are located in the middle of Anhui Province, surrounded by Hefei, Chaohu, Feidong, Feixi and Lujiang. It is 54.5 kilometers long from east to west, with an average width from north to south of 15. 1 km, and the longest coastline exceeds 18 1 km.

The maximum water area is about 825 square kilometers, the maximum volume is 4.8 1 100 million cubic meters, and the maximum depth is 0.98 ~ 7.98 meters. It is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China.

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The five freshwater lakes, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake, Hongze Lake and Chaohu Lake, should have been "a vast expanse of water; Sha Ou Ji Xiang and Jin Lin swim; The scenery along the coast is blue and green.

However, threatened by land reclamation around lakes, industrial invasion, artificial water blocking, illegal fishing and rural pollution, as well as the lack of development clauses and many "development clauses" in some places, the grass-roots government failed to control new pollution sources, and the eutrophication of the Great Lakes was difficult to get rid of. The "big turning point" of ecological improvement in the Great Lakes has not yet appeared, and the situation of environmental deterioration has not yet appeared.