Which district and county is Guanting Reservoir in?

Guanting Reservoir is located at the entrance of Guanting Gorge at the junction of Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province and Yanqing County, Beijing, which is 0/05km away from Beijing/KLOC. The mainstream is the Yongding River in Huailai, Hebei Province, with high sediment concentration.

Guanting Reservoir is the first large reservoir on Yongding River of Haihe River system in China. Most of it flows through the loess area, also known as the Little Yellow River. The downstream of Guanting Reservoir is silted, the riverbed is raised and often flooded. Guanting Reservoir was built to reduce the occurrence of flood disasters.

Guanting Reservoir is about the same area as Miyun Reservoir, sandwiched between two mountains, with a very open water surface and sandy beaches. Fruit with sandy bottom on both sides must be tasted when you go to the local area. The sugar content is extremely high and the local transportation is convenient, so many people will choose this place when they travel on weekends.

Introduction.

Guanting Reservoir controls a drainage area of 43,400 square kilometers, accounting for 92.3% of the Yongding River drainage area. So far, Guanting Reservoir has intercepted and stored floods with peak flow greater than 1 0,000 cubic meters per second for 8 times, reducing the peak flow by 70.3% to 1 0,000%, basically eliminating the threat of Yongding River flood to the downstream areas.

In addition, Guanting Reservoir has played an important role in water supply, power generation and irrigation. By the end of 20 19, Guanting Reservoir had supplied 41600 million cubic meters of water to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, generated 8.6 billion kwh of electricity, and retained 650 million cubic meters of sediment, which played a role in the sustainable development and construction of society, economy and ecology.