Introduce
The north lake in Chongming lies in the north of Chongming Island, it is originally from alluviation peninsula of entrance of Changjiang River cucumber and sand Narrow and long shape bay surrounded and become with Chongming Island subject part. Because its unique geographical position, attract many migratory birds and perch and look for food every year here.
In July of 2003, in cucumber and sand Build the dam to surround manually on both sides, a piece of half a salt water lake communicating with some tide has taken shape. North lake and mud flat are 17 kilometers long from east to west, the north and south is about 2 kilometers wide, lake area is 18 sq.
km.. Because salt of here degree relatively high, water body azure, the intersection of Baoshan iron and steel plant and old competent reservoir, second in Shanghai can be seen the blue lake above water. The north lake locates between a section of north in Chongming Island and cucumber and sand, is enclosed and enclosed natural half a salt water lake formed along the mud flat by the north, about 15 kilometers long from east to west, the north and south is 0.
14-1.5 kilometers wide, amounts to surface of water of 1733.333 hectares, among them area of 5M depth of water is 1,000 hectares, it is the biggest lake on Chongming Island. The intersection of north lake and district is topographical the ground form environment has uniqueness and biological variety in Chongming Island and even position wetland environment of entrance of Changjiang River.
Vast lake water, wetland, reed in flakes, form unique tourist landscape resources. More than 40,000 mu of land on peripheral north lake, will come to planning and construction to reserve the sufficient land resource space. After enclosing and cultivating, the north lake has possessed better habit environment of aquatic bird.
Not only there is broad surface of water on the north lake, wild goose s ducks deeply The fondness of the migratory bird, also have excellent obscure habit environment such as mud flat, reed marshes. In the east of the north lake, the silt is deposited speedily, has formed the large stretch of mudbank, at the time of rising tide, the tidewater has flooded the mudbank, at the time of the ebb tide, animal resources surface if various fish, bottom perch, have provided abundant eating the source for birds.
More important, the primitive and close state at present of north lake, does not almost have artificial disturbance. In this way, the blue north lake becomes large quantities of s snipes and wild goose s duck migratory bird is in transit, winter perch in the most ideal back garden in spring and autumn during a few years .