Poyang lake(鄱阳湖)

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• Poyang area now is poyang lake national wetland park(湿地公园). • Poyang lake also is know as “jiangnan prairie”(江南大草原), “China„s most beautiful grasslands”,“ China‟s last grassland”.
Poyang lake(鄱阳湖)
• Poyang lake is the largest freshwater lake （淡水湖）in China. In high water level (20 meters) the lake covers an area of 4125 square kilometers above. But in low water level (12 meters) it has an area of only for 500 square kilometers. • It is similar to the bottle gourd(葫芦)。
• In 1992 it was listed in the “The world„s important wetlands(湿地) list”. • It is the important and wintering habitat(栖 息地) of the white crane(白鹤) and other rare birds.
• It‟s luoxingshi(落星石). • There is a master temple(老爷庙)stand on it. Zhu yuanzhang had been monk(沙弥) here.
• It has established poyang lake ecological economic zone. • It will make contribution to the economy development of jiangxi.
The changing water level of Poyang lake 9.79~15.36 m a year. You can appreciate the landscape of “the dry a line, a flood”(枯水一线，洪水一片).
• At the meet of Poyang lake and Changjiang river stand a mountain – shizhong(石钟山). • It like a clock stand upside down.