Hongze Lake
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Largest lake in Jiangsu and one of the top five lakes in China. Located in the Huai River valley between Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, it was smaller in the 7th–10th centuries AD than its present surface area of 757 sq mi (1,960 sq km). In the 11th century, canals were constructed to make it part of a canal system between Kaifeng and Zhuzhou, joining the lake to the Huai. In 1194 the Huang He (Yellow River) changed course, forcing the waters of the Huai into the lake, which then grew to its present size. In the 19th century, flooding in the area was severe, and in the 1930s a new channel (improved in the 1950s) was dug from the lake's eastern shore directly to the sea.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongze_Lake
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Coordinates: 33°20'48"N 118°32'17"E
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- Shilianghe Reservoir 164 km
- Xiaothasan Reservoir 186 km
- Qingfeng Mountain Reservoir 285 km
- Qingdunzi Reservoir 298 km
- Xiashan Reservoir 363 km
- Hongze County 30 km
- Xinyuan Township 30 km
- Sihong County 34 km
- Siyang County 44 km
- Huai'an 55 km
- Gengche 71 km
- Lianshui County 82 km
- Shuyang County 88 km
- Xinyi City 117 km
- Guanyun County 121 km