Huating Lake (), also known as the Hualiangting Reservoir (花凉亭水库 ''Huāliángtíng Shuĭkù''), is a large scale reservoir in

Taihu County Taihu County () is a county in the southwest of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hubei Province to the west. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Anqing and contains its westernmost point. It has a popu ...

, Anqing City,

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Province, People's Republic of China, used for the purposes of flood control, hydro-electric power generation, agricultural irrigation, transport and tourism. The lake is a National Scenic Area, National 4A Tourist Attraction and demonstration site for agro-tourism. Damming of the lake to create a reservoir began in 1958 and continued until 1962. There was then an eight-year hiatus until 1970 when construction resumed. Fundamental infrastructure was in place by 1976 and the project completed in 2001. On October 26, 2009, a 2.1 billion

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, 23 month reinforcement program began at the reservoir. The reservoir provides irrigation for

Susong County Susong County () is a county in the southwest of Anhui Province, situated on the northwest (left) bank of the Yangtze, bordering the provinces of Hubei to the west and Jiangxi to the south. It is located in the southwest of the jurisdiction of the ...

Wangjiang County Wangjiang County () is a county in the southwest of Anhui Province, situated on the northwest (left) bank of the Yangtze. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an admini ...

Huaining County Huaining County () is a county in the southwest Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Anqing. It has a population of and an area of . The government of Huaining County was originally b ...

and the eastern part of Taihu County, a total area of some 1.05 million Chinese acres.

External links

* (In Chinese
Huating Lake Scenic Area (花亭湖风景名胜区)
* (In Chinese
Huating Lake Tourism Website (花亭湖旅游网)

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Lakes of Anhui Hydroelectric power stations in Anhui Tourist attractions in Anhui Anqing {{PRChina-powerstation-stub

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