Zhelin Reservoir

Zhelin Reservoir (Chinese: 柘林湖, Gan: Chā-līm fîkhú) is a reservoir located between Yongxiu (永修), Wuning (武宁) and Xiushui (修水) county. All three counties belong to Jiujiang, a metropolis of Jiangxi province, China. It's 40 kilometers to the north of Nanchang, and 90 kilometers to the south of Mount Lushan. This reservoir is the largest in Jiangxi province with a storage capacity of 7,920,000,000 cubic metres.[1]

Zhelin Reservoir
LocationYongxiu, Wuning, Xiushui county, Jiujiang, Jiangxi
Coordinates29.29°N 115.34°E / 29.29; 115.34
Typereservoir
Basin countriesChina
Surface area308 km2 (119 sq mi)
Average depth45 m (148 ft)
Water volume8 billion cubic metres (6.5×10^6 acre⋅ft)
FrozenNo
Islands997, major ones 13

Although the dam is located in an area of low seismic activity, after the impounding of the Zhelin Reservoir the seismic activity increased markedly.[2]

The dam of this reservoir is the biggest earth-filled embankment dam in Asia.

The American reality program Survivor filmed its fifteenth season, Survivor: China, on islands in the reservoir between June and August 2007. Survivor host Jeff Probst claimed that this was the first American television series to be filmed entirely within China.

References
  1. "Natural Resource". Jiujian.gov.cn - Jiujian web site. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  2. Ding Yuanzhang; Xiao Anyu; Chen Yiming (1986). "Induced earthquakes in Zhelin reservoir, China". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. Smithsonian/NASA ADS Astronomy Abstract Service. 44 (2): 107–114. Bibcode:1986PEPI...44..107D. doi:10.1016/0031-9201(86)90037-3.
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