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View from the water's edge. Taihu (Chinese: 太湖), also known as Lake Tai or Lake Taihu, is a lake in the Yangtze Delta and one of the largest freshwater lakes in China. The lake is in Jiangsu province and a significant part of its southern shore forms its border with Zhejiang.
Yuantouzhu peninsula, Sanshan Islands and Lake Tai. Yuantouzhu (Chinese: 鼋头渚; pinyin: Yuán tóu zhǔ) is a peninsula which lies on the northwestern shore of Lake Tai, near Wuxi in China's Jiangsu province. It was established as a park in 1916 and celebrated its centennial in 2016. [1]
Taihu Reservoir [2] (traditional Chinese: 太湖水庫; simplified Chinese: 太湖水库; pinyin: Tàihú shuǐkù), also spelled as Tai-Hu Reservoir, [3] formerly known as Huanglong Reservoir, [4] is a reservoir located in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. [5] It is one of the main water sources of Kinmen. [6]
Xishan Island is an island in Lake Tai administered as part of Taihu County, Suzhou, [1] Xishan is the largest island in Lake Tai, [2] with an area of 79.8 square kilometers (30.8 sq mi). It is highly mountainous, with 41 of the 72 mountains in Taihu Co. located on the island.
Changzhou is located in the Yangtze River Delta region, in the northwestern part of the Taihu Lake Plain. It is bordered by the Yangtze River in the north, Taihu Lake in the south, Anhui Province and Nanjing in the southwest, Wuxi in the east and Zhenjiang in the west. It is equidistant from Shanghai and Nanjing, and 144 kilometres from the ...
Taihu stone (Taihushi) (Chinese: 太湖石) from Lake Tai, Jiangsu province, limestone [4] Yingde stone (Yingshi or Yingdeshi) (Chinese: 英石 or 英德石) from Yingde, Guangdong province, limestone [6] The geological conditions needed for the formation of stones are also present at some other sites. [7] [8]
Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively. Huzhou is located on the south bank of Taihu Lake. It is named after the lake. It is an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 2,300 years.