Lotus Lake Wetland Park | |
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莲花湖湿地公园 (Chinese) | |
Location | Fanhe Town, Tieling |
Coordinates | 42°16′N 123°44′E / 42.267°N 123.733°E |
Lotus Lake Wetland Park (Chinese: 莲花湖湿地公园; pinyin: Liánhuāhú Shīdìgōngyuán) is a park located in Fanhe Town, Tieling, Liaoning, China.[1] The wetland park mainly includes Deshengtai Reservoir, Wujiao Lake, Dalianhuapao and Sino-North Korean Friendship Reservoir. [2] It is a complex wetland mainly composed of artificial ponds, rice paddies, rivers and small, shallow lakes, with a total area of 4,226 hectares.
On April 26, 2007, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration officially approved the pilot project of Lotus Lake National Wetland Park in Tieling. [3] The Lotus Lake was historically part of the Northeast Wetland, a type of swamp wetland, with a total drainage area of 200 square kilometers.[4]