Countermeasures for shrinking area of Dongting Lake

The shrinking area of Dongting Lake is mainly caused by reclamation and sediment deposition. Measures: It is forbidden to cut down natural forests in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, plant trees, conserve water and soil, reduce sediment deposition, return farmland to lakes, and build towns by immigrants.

Dongting Lake, formerly known as Yunmeng, Jiujiang and Chonghu, is located on the south bank of Jingjiang River in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, spanning Yueyang, Guluo, Xiangyin, Wangcheng, Yiyang, Yuanjiang, Hanshou, Changde, Tianjin, Anxiang and Nanxian counties and cities. The name of Dongting Lake began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was named after Dongting Mountain (now Junshan Mountain) in the lake.