Plover Cove Reservoir
Reservoir in New Territories, Hong Kong / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Plover Cove Reservoir, located within Plover Cove Country Park, in the northeastern New Territories, is the largest reservoir in Hong Kong in terms of area, and the second-largest in terms of volume.[1] It is the world's first freshwater coastal lake constructed from an arm of the ocean. Its main dam, which disconnected Plover Cove from the sea, was one of the largest in the world at the time of its construction.
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Location | New Territories, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°28′15″N 114°15′10″E |
Type | coastal reservoir |
Managing agency | Water Supplies Department |
Water volume | 230,000,000 cubic metres (8.1×109 cu ft) |
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Traditional Chinese | 船灣淡水湖 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 船湾淡水湖 | ||||||||||||
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