The area of Qiandao Lake is nearly 90 times that of West Lake. Therefore, Qiandao Lake is more practical than ornamental. As an artificial lake, Qiandao Lake's greatest function is to store water and stop floods. Besides, the water quality of Qiandao Lake is excellent, and it has the reputation of "the best water in the world".

Qiandao Lake, the Xin 'anjiang Reservoir, is located in Chun 'an County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and a small part of it connects with the northwest of jiande city, Hangzhou. It is an artificial lake to store the upper reaches of Xin 'anjiang River for the construction of Xin 'anjiang Hydropower Station. After the completion of Xin 'anjiang Reservoir, the dam intercepted the upper reaches of Xin 'anjiang River into a huge lake. The mountains flooded into the lake and became large and small islands, *** 1078, hence the name "Qiandao Lake".

Animal resources in Qiandao Lake

There are more than 2,000 species of animals and insects in Qiandao Lake. Qiandao Lake has 94 species of fish resources with different forms in 13 families, such as "diving in Qiandao Lake" and "underwater pyramid". There are 90 species of birds in Qiandao Lake, and the wildlife resources are 6 1 species of mammals, 90 species of birds, 50 species of reptiles and 6 orders of insects.

There are 83 species of fish belonging to 13 families in the lake, and there are all kinds of bighead carp, silver carp and grass carp, as well as rare species such as bighead carp, mandarin fish and eel, with an annual output of more than 3,000 tons. The artificial aquaculture industry is developed, and the commercial fish farm is 666 square meters, mainly carp, bighead carp and tilapia, with an annual output.