White clam Lake
Located at the junction of Wujiang district and Kunshan City in Suzhou City, white clam lake is adjacent to Tongli town in the west, Zhouzhuang Town in Kunshan in the East, and Lili town in Wujiang in the south. The lake is northwest southeast, about 5 kilometers long, commonly known as the white clam River, because the river is rich in white clam named. It has an area of 7.6 square kilometers and an average water depth of 2.5 meters. White clam lake, formerly known as white clam River, is located at the junction of Wujiang district and Kunshan City. It is under the jurisdiction of both Wujiang district and Kunshan City, involving Lili Town, Tongli town of Wujiang district and Zhouzhuang Town of Kunshan City. It is an important lake in Suzhou City and one of the lakes in the list of lake protection in Jiangsu Province.
brief introduction
White clam lake, formerly known as white clam River, is an important lake in Suzhou and one of the lakes in the list of lakes in Jiangsu Province. Corbicula fluminea is connected with Chenghu lake and huangnidao Lake in Hubei Province, Yuandang Lake in the south, Jishui port in the East, and the waterway of the outer port line between Suzhou and Shenzhou passes through the whole lake. The total area of the lake is 7.78 square kilometers, including 2.86 square kilometers in Kunshan City and 4.92 square kilometers in Wujiang district. The total length of the lake coastline is 18.13 km, including 5.37 km in Kunshan and 12.76 km in Wujiang. The lake bank is tortuous and has many bays, the lake bed is not very smooth, and there is a great disparity between the depth and depth. The average elevation of the lake bottom is 1.2m, the lowest part is -2.43m, the normal water level is 286m, the water storage capacity is 8130000m3, the average water level for many years is 2.82M, and the highest flood level in history is 4.24M.
The topography around the lake is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and the water flows from west to East. There are 12 rivers into the lake, including 7 in Wujiang, xujiagang and Xianhelou; 12 out of the lake, including 6 in Wujiang, including hujiawei, Paisha and xitouxi; and 6 in Kunshan, including zhulinpu, waibang and yunhaigang.
function
The lake has many functions, such as flood storage, agricultural irrigation, fishery, ecology, landscape and tourism.
Flood storage is one of many lakes in the Dianmao river system, which undertakes the task of regional flood regulation and storage and protects the surrounding flood control safety.
Agricultural irrigation: the surrounding planting industry is developed, mainly rice and wheat. The irrigation area of Wujiang section is 0.78 square kilometers, and Kunshan section is 1 square kilometers.
Aquaculture - rich in aquatic resources, rich in clams. Most of the coastal areas are fish ponds, about 0.29 square kilometers, mainly for silver carp, bighead carp, bream, grass carp, etc.
Ecological lake wetland is rich in resources, which plays an important role in purifying water quality, providing habitat for aquatic animals, plants and birds, maintaining biodiversity and improving regional environment.
Landscape and Tourism: with rich cultural heritage and numerous surrounding tourism resources, Xiaodian Lake Forest Park is located in the north and Tongli National Wetland Park is located in the West. There are many ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River such as Tongli, Zhouzhuang, Luzhi and Jinxi along the lake.
Address: Zhouzhuang Town, Kunshan City, Suzhou City
Longitude: 120.81781513989
Latitude: 31.126222749605
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Chinese PinYin : Bai Xian Hu
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