Which one is larger, Changshou Lake or Dahong Lake in Chongqing?

Compared with Changshou Lake and Dahong Lake in Chongqing City, Changshou Lake is larger in area.

Dahong Lake has an area of ??about 40km and a total storage capacity of 343 million m2; Changshou Lake has an area of ??about 65.5 square kilometers and 203 large and small islands. It is the largest artificial freshwater lake in southwest China, with a drainage basin of 1 billion cubic meters. .

The Dahong Lake area is about 20km long, with an average width of about 1.5km and a maximum depth of 25m. The water surface is in the shape of branches and leaves. The normal water storage level is 294m and the annual runoff is 691 million m. It is a second-largest reservoir.

Extended information:

The Changshou Lake Scenic Area can provide three major product group services: water boat tours, land-based lake tours, and water recreation, including bicycles, sightseeing cars, trackless trains, T25 sailing boats, luxury boats, speedboats, motorboats, flying fish, seaplanes and other special experience items.

The climate of Changshou Lake is humid, with the annual average temperature in the scenic area being 17.7°C. The monthly average temperature is highest in August, with the annual average temperature in August being 28.4°C and the highest extreme temperature being 40°C. The monthly average temperature is the lowest in January, with the annual average temperature in January being 6.7°C and the lowest being minus 1°C.

Dahong Lake has nearly a thousand islands, large and small, with beautiful scenery, rich natural resources and cultural landscapes. It is a planned wetland nature reserve with great tourism potential.

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