Zhelin Reservoir

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lake_name = Zhelin Reservoir
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location = Yongxiu, Wuning, Xiushui county, Jiujiang, Jiangxi
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type = reservoir
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basin_countries = China
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area = 308 Square Kilometers
depth = Average 45 meters
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volume = 8 billion cubic meters
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islands = 997, major ones 13
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frozen = No

Zhelin Reservoir (Chinese:柘林湖) 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. [cite web
url=http://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/English/natural.htm
title=Natural Resource
publisher=Jiujian.gov.cn - Jiujian web site
accessdate=2007-06-27]

Although the dam is located in an area of low seismic activity, after the impounding of the Zhelin Reservoir the seismic activity increased markedly. [cite web
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986PEPI...44..107D
title=Induced earthquakes in Zhelin reservoir, China
publisher=Smithsonian/NASA ADS Astronomy Abstract Service
accessdate=2007-06-27]

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

The American reality program "Survivor" filmed its fifteenth season, "", 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.

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