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Guanting reservoir travels Beijing of China

Guanting reservoir travels Beijing of China

Write: Anastasius [2011-05-23]

Guanting reservoir travels  Beijing of China

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Badaling move ahead straight at a high speed from Madian Qiao, have downed the high speed, don ted go a section of provincial road can go to the dam of Guanting Reservoir. Can be from Guanting Reservoir dam along walking to in front of the path in Yongding River gorge the river city while returning to, and then open to 109 national roads to return to Beijing along the river city. Or drum-tower take Bus No. 969 through Badaling from Beijing, to walk 30 km to the west, get off at dam of Guanting reservoir, reach promptly.

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First large-scale reservoir on Chinese Haihe River river system Yongding River.
In China Hebei Huailai county, 105 kilometers from Beijing. Yongding River is one of the main master stream of Haihe River river system, the greater part flows through the loess area, silt content large and (most loud to up to 32.2%) ,Have to claim little the Yellow River . The low reaches are deposited by the silt, the riverbed is raised, often cause disaster excessively. In order to radically treat Yongding River, began to build Guanting reservoir in October of 1951, built up in 1954. The reservoir is built at the waterway between mountains of Guanting Reservoir entrance. It is said, have here Ming Dynasty. The old village of Guanting Reservoir, because the reservoir is named after Guanting Reservoir. The reservoir dam is 45 metres high, accumulate the river of Yongding in Huailai basin of the universe river of mulberry, foreign river, Gui s water alluviation of above dam, 230 of area, control the intersection of Yongding River and 97% surface flow of drainage area, 2,270 million steres of capacity of reservoir because the silt is deposited in recent years, the capacity of reservoir has already been reduced year by year) . Can retain the above centennial flood of Guanting Reservoir, remove flat, Tianjin area flood threat, guarantee the mountain, Beijing Chinese in Beijing are two railways of security. Still supply the urban water in Beijing, can also irrigate more than 20,000 hectares of farmland in the southeast suburb of Beijing with the waste water. Offer a large number of aquatic products for Beijing,etc. in the storehouse. The installed capacity of power station is 30,000 , built up in 1955, the electricity was supported to Beiping-Tianjin Tang industry and illumination used at the time of the peak load of the electric wire netting. Having built the garden along the bank, it is the scenic spot near Beijing.
Guanting reservoir is lying in market and Beijing Yanqing county of Zhangjiakou of Hebei inbounds, started building in October of 1951, completed in May of 1954, it was the first large-scale reservoir of construction after new China s establishment; The main rivers is Huailai Yongding River of Hebei, design the installed capacity 41. 600 million cubic meters, the reservoir basin whole area 4. 47000 sq. km. of drainage area for 340,000 sq. km. of control, average discharge has set up the rice in 44.6 seconds for many years, the flow of design flood sets up the rice in 11450 seconds, the installed capacity 2,190 million sets up the rice, design irrigated area of 100,000 hectares, installed capacity is 30,000 kilowatts. The reservoir has run for over 40 years, have played an enormous role in preventing flood, irrigating, generating electricity.
Guanting reservoir was once one of the ground of main resource of water supply in Beijing.