In administrative division, Taihu Lake belongs to Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Taihu Lake spans Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and flows through Wuxi, Suzhou and Changzhou in Jiangsu Province and Huzhou and Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province. Huzhou is named after Taihu Lake, with Changzhou in the northwest and five cities around Taihu Lake, also known as the economic belt around Taihu Lake.

Taihu Lake covers an area of 2,427.8 square kilometers, with a water area of 2,338.1square kilometer and a total length of 393.2 kilometers of shoreline. Its west and southwest are hilly and mountainous areas, and its east is dominated by plains and water networks.

Hydrological characteristics of Taihu Lake

Taihu Lake has an average annual runoff of 7.5 billion cubic meters and a storage capacity of 4.4 billion cubic meters. The average water depth is 1. 9 m, and the water storage capacity is 4.43 billion cubic meters. Spring rains increase in April every year, and the water level rises, reaching the highest level in July and August, and then the water level begins to decline after September. 1 1 and 1 February enter the dry season, and the water level is the lowest in the following year1and February. The highest water level is 4. 62m (1August 25th, 954) and the lowest water level is 2.17m (1February 29th, 956).

The annual average water temperature of Taihu Lake is 17. 1℃, 1 monthly average water temperature is 4℃, and the average water temperature in July is 25℃. Thin ice with a thickness of 1-2 cm can only be seen in the bay or leeward bank all the year round, and the whole lake will freeze only in extremely cold years. In the past 65 years, the whole lake has been frozen only 10 times.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia Taihu Lake.