Daxihaizi Reservoir | |
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Da Xihaizi Reservoir | |
大西海子水库 | |
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Sentinel-2 image (2022) | |
Location | at the end of the Tarim River [1] |
Coordinates | 40°34′18″N 87°31′13″E / 40.57167°N 87.52028°E |
Type | reservoir |
Basin countries | China |
Built | 1972 [2] |
Daxihaizi Reservoir ( Chinese: 大西海子水库), also spelled Daxi Haizi Reservoir [3] or Great West Sea Reservoir, [4] is a reservoir at the very end of the Tarim River, [5] 720 km from Urumqi. To the west of the reservoir is the Taklamakan Desert. [6] The reservoir has a storage area of 68 square kilometers, a depth of 2-3 meters, and a total storage capacity of 168 million cubic meters. [7]
In 1958, the soldiers of the Second Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps began to build the Daxihaizi Reservoir. [8] In 1972, after the completion of the reservoir in the middle reaches of the Tarim River, the 320-kilometer section of the lower Tarim River dried up. In 1974, Taitema Lake completely dried up. [9]
In 1993, the Daxihaizi Reservoir dried up completely for the first time in its history. [10]
In 2012, the reservoir was withdrawn from the agricultural irrigation system, [11] and became a purely ecological reservoir. [12] In May 2014, the Daxihaizi Reservoir was officially transferred from the XPCC to the Tarim River Basin Bureau (塔里木河流域管理局). [13]
Daxihaizi Reservoir | |
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Da Xihaizi Reservoir | |
大西海子水库 | |
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Sentinel-2 image (2022) | |
Location | at the end of the Tarim River [1] |
Coordinates | 40°34′18″N 87°31′13″E / 40.57167°N 87.52028°E |
Type | reservoir |
Basin countries | China |
Built | 1972 [2] |
Daxihaizi Reservoir ( Chinese: 大西海子水库), also spelled Daxi Haizi Reservoir [3] or Great West Sea Reservoir, [4] is a reservoir at the very end of the Tarim River, [5] 720 km from Urumqi. To the west of the reservoir is the Taklamakan Desert. [6] The reservoir has a storage area of 68 square kilometers, a depth of 2-3 meters, and a total storage capacity of 168 million cubic meters. [7]
In 1958, the soldiers of the Second Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps began to build the Daxihaizi Reservoir. [8] In 1972, after the completion of the reservoir in the middle reaches of the Tarim River, the 320-kilometer section of the lower Tarim River dried up. In 1974, Taitema Lake completely dried up. [9]
In 1993, the Daxihaizi Reservoir dried up completely for the first time in its history. [10]
In 2012, the reservoir was withdrawn from the agricultural irrigation system, [11] and became a purely ecological reservoir. [12] In May 2014, the Daxihaizi Reservoir was officially transferred from the XPCC to the Tarim River Basin Bureau (塔里木河流域管理局). [13]