Английская Википедия:Daxihaizi Reservoir
Daxihaizi Reservoir (Шаблон:Zh), also spelled Daxi Haizi Reservoir[1] or Great West Sea Reservoir,[2] is a reservoir at the very end of the Tarim River,[3] 720 km from Urumqi. To the west of the reservoir is the Taklamakan Desert.[4] The reservoir has a storage area of 68 square kilometers, a depth of 2-3 meters, and a total storage capacity of 168 million cubic meters.[5]
History
In 1958, the soldiers of the Second Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps began to build the Daxihaizi Reservoir.[6] In 1972, after the completion of the reservoir in the middle reaches of the Tarim River, the 320-kilometer section of the lower Tarim River dried up. In 1974, Taitema Lake completely dried up.[7]
In 1993, the Daxihaizi Reservoir dried up completely for the first time in its history.[8]
In 2012, the reservoir was withdrawn from the agricultural irrigation system,[9] and became a purely ecological reservoir.[10] In May 2014, the Daxihaizi Reservoir was officially transferred from the XPCC to the Tarim River Basin Bureau (塔里木河流域管理局).[11]
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