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Honghu Lake, the seventh largest freshwater lake in China, is located in the depression between the Yangtze River and the Dongjing River in the south of Hubei Province, and administratively belongs to honghu city, Jingzhou. With an area of about 308,000 square meters, it is the largest natural lake in Hubei. However, due to excessive reclamation and aquaculture, the lake waters and ecological environment have been damaged to varying degrees. 20 14 12 was promoted to a national nature reserve.
2. Liangzi Lake
Liangzi Lake, formerly known as Fanhu, has a water area of about 27 1 km2. Located in the southeast of Wuhan, the lake belongs to the trans-city lake, belonging to Jiangxia District of Wuhan and Liangzihu District of Ezhou City. Liangzi Lake produces more than 70 kinds of freshwater fish, among which the famous hometown of Wuchang fish is located here.
3. Changhu Lake
Changhu Lake, located at the junction of Jingzhou, Jingmen and Qianjiang in Hubei Province, was transformed from the ancient Yunmengze in the late Song Dynasty, with a lake area of about 13 1 square kilometer. There are abundant freshwater fish resources along the coast of Changhu Lake, and the people along the coast are especially good at cooking fish dishes, which are famous for the fish cakes made by grass carp. In addition, Changhu Lake also produces Changhu whitebait and anchovy.
4. Lake Yax
Axe Lake, located at the junction of Jiangxia District of Wuhan, Xian 'an District of Xianning City and Jiayu County, covers an area of about 126 square kilometers. The north, east and south of Axe Lake are hills and the west is plain, with fertile soil, which has bred a 420,000-mu vegetable base centered on Panjiawan Town, Jiayu County.
5. Xiliang Lake
Xiliang Lake is located in the south of Hubei Province, west of Axe Lake, and is under the jurisdiction of Xianning City. Xiliang Lake and Axe Lake were originally connected into one lake, but the Yangtze River diverted and silted up, resulting in the lake being split in two. At present, the water area of Xiliang Lake is about 85.2 square kilometers, and the lake is rich in herring, grass, crucian carp and other fish, as well as eel, turtle, turtle, crab and shrimp.
6. Longgan Lake
Longgan Lake, located in the east of Hubei Province, belongs to Huanggang City of Hubei Province and Anqing City of Anhui Province, and is an inter-provincial lake. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Longgan Lake and Poyang Lake merged into one, called Li Pengze; During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Longgan Lake was separated from Poyang Lake, and now Longgan Lake covers an area of about 60.9 square kilometers. On September 6th, 2009, Li Chenglong Ganhu National Nature Reserve was established.
7. Lake Niu Shan
Niu Shan Lake is located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, separated from Liangzi Lake by a river, with a lake area of about 57.2 square kilometers. Niu Shan Lake was originally a branch of Liangzi Lake. In 1960s, the A Niu Mountain and Lake Levee was built artificially, which divided Liangzi Lake into two parts. In 16, due to the flood, the bank of Niu Shan Lake was broken, and Niu Shan Lake and Liangzi Lake were reconnected.
8. Daye Lake
Daye Lake, located in Huangshi City, Hubei Province, is located on the west side of the lake bank, hence the name of the lake. The water area of Daye Lake is about 54.7 square kilometers. There are a lot of gold mines at the bottom and around the lake, which is a cornucopia. In ancient times, it was called Jinhu because there were gold wells in the lake. Daye Lake Bridge on Wuhan-Jiujiang Passenger Dedicated Line spans the lake.
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Hubei, referred to as "Hubei" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), and Wuhan, the provincial capital, is named because it is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and north of Dongting Lake. It is located in the middle of China, bordering Anhui in the east, Chongqing in the west, Shaanxi in the northwest, Jiangxi and Hunan in the south, and Henan in the north. It is between east longitude10821'42 "-1607' 50" and north latitude 29 065438+. The total area of the province 185900 square kilometers.
In addition to the main streams of the Yangtze River and the Han River, there are 4,228 rivers at all levels over 5 km in Hubei, and there are also 1 193 small and medium-sized rivers with a total length of 59,200 km, of which 4 rivers over 100 km. The Yangtze River flows through 26 counties and cities in the province from west to east, starting from Minyuxi estuary in Badong County in the west and reaching Huangmei River in the east, with a flow of 104 1 km.
The tributaries of the Yangtze River in China are Hanshui, Qushui, Zhangshui, Qingjiang, Dongjinghe, Lushui, Suishui, Zuoju, Bashui, Xishui and Fushui. Among them, Hanshui River, the largest tributary of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, flows through 13 counties and cities from northwest to southeast in Hubei Province, enters Yunxi County of Hubei Province from Jiangjun River in Baihe County of Shaanxi Province, and joins the Yangtze River in Wuhan, with a flow of 858 kilometers.
Hubei is known as "the province of thousands of lakes". The lakes in China are mainly distributed in Jianghan Plain. There are more than 800 lakes with an area of 100 mu, with a total area of 2983.5 square kilometers. Lakes with an area exceeding 100 square kilometers include Honghu Lake, Changhu Lake, Liangzi Lake and Axe Lake.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Hubei