Wuhan has hundreds of lakes and is also the city with the most natural lakes in China. Freshwater resources are extremely abundant. In fact, larger lakes are also abundant, including famous lakes such as East Lake, Tangxun Lake, Liangzi Lake, and Nanhu. This is a list of the eight largest lakes in Wuhan.
1. Wuhan East Lake
Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Area, referred to as East Lake Scenic Area, is a national 5A tourist attraction, a national civilized scenic spot demonstration site, and one of the first batch of national key scenic spots. East Lake is named after it is located in the east of Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It is now one of the largest lakes in China and the largest scenic spot in Central China.
One of the most beautiful places to watch red maples in Wuhan. Every autumn, the maple leaves on the mountain turn from green to yellow, blooming their last beauty; East Lake Moshan, "Ten miles of Moshan, eight miles of fragrance", has always been an excellent place for the general public to appreciate Guangxi.
2. Liangzi Lake
Liangzi Lake, formerly known as Fan Lake, is located at the junction of Jiangxia District, Ezhou and Xianning cities. It consists of Liangzi, Yaer, Baoan and Sanshan Lakes, and borders Wuhan, Xianning and Daye. Liangzi Lake is 82 kilometers long from east to west and 32 kilometers long from north to south. It consists of 316 lakes and tributaries, with a lake surface of 555,000 acres, a drainage area of ??3,260 square kilometers, and an average annual water depth of 3m.
It passes through Liangzi Lake and Ezhou Changgang, and enters the river from Ezhou Fankou. To this day, the Liangzi Lake area is still called the Fan Lake area, and the Liangzi Lake water system is called the Fan Lake water system. Liangzi Lake is the freshwater lake with the largest water storage capacity and largest area in Hubei Province. It is the central lake in the Wuhan urban area. It is also one of the best-preserved wetland reserves in the "Asian Wetland Protection Directory" and is listed as a strategic reserve water source in eastern Hubei. land.
3. Axe Lake
Axe Lake is the third largest lake in Hubei Province, covering an area of ??161 square kilometers. It is now called Zishan Lake because it is located in Fushan in the northeast of Jiayu County, 28 kilometers northeast of Jiayu County, Jiangxia District of Wuhan City in the northeast, Xian'an District of Xianning City in the southeast, and Panjiawan and Dupu Town of Jiayu County in the west. Named after it, it is located at the junction of Jiayu, Jiangxia and Xian'an counties.
Axe Lake and Xiliang Lake belong to the same lake. In ancient times, Futou Lake was connected to the Yangtze River. In the early Song Dynasty, Jiangzhou was silted up and the Yangtze River moved northward, forming lakes. Later, the ancient Yangtze River formed the Jinshui River and Xiliang Lake was divided into two. Chibi is still called Xiliang Lake and Jiayu is called Futou Lake.
4. Tangxun Lake
Tangxun Lake is located in the East Lake High-tech Development Zone, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, with a water area of ??47.6 square kilometers. It is the largest urban lake in Asia. Tangxun Lake is adjacent to Jiangxia District in the southeast, Wuhan Middle Ring Road and Huazhong Agricultural University in the north, the old Wuzhi Highway in the west, Zhili Highway leading to the scenic spot, and Jiangxia Avenue in the east passing through the lake.
The natural scenery is beautiful, the lake water is clear, and the lake has strong self-purification ability. The annual output value of aquatic products is 10.27 million yuan. The area has convenient transportation and complete infrastructure. The land area available for development is 460 acres. According to the plan, the green coverage rate will reach 85%.
5. Luhu Lake
Luhu Lake is also called Luhu Lake. It is located in the south of Jiangxia District, on the right bank of the Yangtze River, only 7.0 kilometers away from the Yangtze River. Lugu Lake is located in the south of Jinkou. As one of the famous freshwater lakes in Jinkou, it borders Ax Lake to the south and Liangzi Lake to the east. Its water is connected to Jinshui River, the mother river of Jinkou, where it eventually merges into the Yangtze River. Its shape is an irregular triangle. During the dry season, when the water level of the lake is only 18 meters, the lake covers an area of ??11.05 square kilometers and a volume of 55.25 million cubic meters. During the flood season, the lake exceeded its peak level in 1969. When the water level is 25m, the lake surface area reaches 92.39 square kilometers and the volume is 433.59 million cubic meters. Luhu Lake is one of the ancient lakes with a long history in Jinkou.
6. Houguan Lake
Houguan Lake is located in Caidian District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, between the Third Ring Road and the Second Ring Road in Wuhan City. It is the second largest lake in Caidian District and has beautiful scenery. Houguan Lake was originally part of the Cainan Lake water system
7. Zhangdu Lake
Zhangdu Lake is located at the southeast end of Xinzhou District, Wuhan City, with a water area of ??60,000 acres. Zhangdu Lake is located at the southeastern end of Xinzhou District, Wuhan City. It is the wetland closest to the Yangtze River in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
The lake is 4.5 kilometers wide from east to west and 6 kilometers long from north to south. The bottom of the lake is 17.7 meters above sea level and the maximum water depth is 2.3 meters. There are embankments along the lake. The top is 23 meters above sea level. The water surface is 60,000 acres and there is no industrial pollution. Its air quality meets the first-level standard requirements of GB3095-96. It is the gene bank of migratory fish in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Zhangdu Lake, rich in more than 40 kinds of fish such as yellow catfish, grass carp, herring, bighead carp, and crabs. Zhangdu Lake will become Wuhan's first wetland forest park.
8. Wuhu
Wuhu is also known as North Lake and Huanghan Lake. Wuhu, known as the Green Valley of the Yangtze River, is a wetland nature reserve of the World Wildlife Fund. Wuhu Street, Huangpi District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Historically, Wuhu was a vast city, connected to the Yangtze River in the south and facing the water in the north. It was an ideal place for naval training.
The existing area is 21.2 square kilometers. "Wuhu Smoke" is one of the ten scenic spots in Huangpi. The "sad mist on the river waves" in "Poem on the Yellow Crane Tower" by Cui Hao of the Tang Dynasty describes the smoke waves in Wuhu. Every morning in Wuhu, water vapor rises and thick fog fills the air.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous general Huang Zu practiced martial arts in this lake and named it Wuhu. Since then, Sun Quan, Sun Bin and Zhu Si of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Guan Rushi of the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, Ni Wenjun, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty of the Yuan Dynasty, Ding Pulang, Ji Yanggong, Hu Longxiang and others of the Republic of China all practiced martial arts on this lake. .