Taihu Reservoir (), also spelled as Tai-Hu Reservoir, formerly known as Huanglong Reservoir, is a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

located in

Jinhu Township Jinhu may refer to: Mainland China *Jinhu County (金湖县), of Huai'an, Jiangsu * Jinhu, Jianhu County (阜余镇), town in Jianhu County, Jiangsu * Jinhu, Gongqingcheng (金湖镇), town in Gongqingcheng City, Jiangxi Taiwan *Jinhu, Kinmen ...

Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It is one of the main water sources of Kinmen. And the "Lake Tai" formed by the Reservoir is the largest artificial freshwater lake in Kinmen. The construction of the Taihu Reservoir started in October 1966 and was completed on April 10, 1967. The total storage capacity of the Reservoir is more than 1.14 million

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s, and the dam is 11.3 meters high and 600 meters long, making it the largest reservoir in the Kinmen region.

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Buildings and structures in Taiwan Buildings and structures completed in 1967 Geography of Kinmen County Jinhu Township Reservoirs in Taiwan {{Taiwan-geo-stub