Tianping Reservoir

Tianping Reservoir 青山湖
Qingshan Lake
Tianping Reservoir
Location	Qingshanqiao Town, Ningxiang County, Changsha, Hunan
Coordinates	27°59′24″N 111°59′53″E / 27.990°N 111.998°E / 27.990; 111.998Coordinates: 27°59′24″N 111°59′53″E / 27.990°N 111.998°E / 27.990; 111.998
Type	Reservoir
Primary outflows	Wei River
Basin countries	China
Built	1970s
First flooded	1970s
Surface area	4.2 square kilometres (1,000 acres)
Water volume	4,416 cubic metres (0.001167×10^9 US gal)

The Tianping Reservoir (simplified Chinese: 田坪水库; traditional Chinese: 田坪水庫; pinyin: Tiánpíng Shuǐkù) is a large reservoir located in the western part of Ningxiang County in the province of Hunan, People's Republic of China. It is the largest body of water in Ningxiang County and the second largest reservoir in Ningxiang County. The reservoir is the source of the Wei River (沩水河).

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]

History

In the 1970s Yang Shifang (杨世芳), head of the People's Government of Ningxiang County, planned to build a reservoir for irrigation, flood control, electricity generation and fish farming. Due to poverty, the government mobilized the masses and used a large amount of human resources to complete the build rather than use heavy construction equipment.

Looking down from the Furong Mountain.

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