| Mount Lu West Sea | |
|---|---|
  Mount Lu West Sea | |
| Location | Jiujiang, China |
| Coordinates | 29°17′N 115°20′E / 29.29°N 115.34°E |
| Type | reservoir and tourism attraction |
| Basin countries | China |
| Surface area | 308 km2 (119 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Water volume | 8 billion cubic metres (6.5×106 acre⋅ft) |
| Frozen | No |
| Islands | 997, major ones 13 |
Mount Lu West Sea (Chinese: 庐山西海), also named Zhelin Reservoir (Chinese: 柘林湖; pinyin: Zhèlín Hú, Gan: Chā-līm fîkhú),[1] is a reservoir located between the counties of Yongxiu, Wuning, and Xiushui in Jiujiang, China. It is 90 kilometers to the south of Mount Lu, with a total area of 308 square kilometers. The reservoir is the largest in Jiangxi province, with a storage capacity of 7,920,000,000 cubic metres.[2]
Although the dam is located in an area of low seismic activity, after the impounding of the Zhelin Reservoir, seismic activity increased markedly.[3]
Zhelin Reservoir is named after Zhelin Town, the site of the largest hydropower earth dam blocking project in Asia.[4] It has an average water depth of 45 meters and a visibility of more than 9 meters, rich in wild fish species, like Culter alburnus, Red-tailed Xenocypris, Xenocypris davidi, and Siniperca chuatsi.[5]
The American reality program Survivor filmed its fifteenth season, Survivor: China, on islands in the reservoir between June and August 2007. Survivor host Jeff Probst claimed that this was the first American television series to be filmed entirely within China.
