Shijiu Lake() is a freshwater lake in
eastern China
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, situated at the lower reaches of the
Yangtze River
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. One half of the lake that is to the west, belongs to the
Dangtu County
Dangtu County () is one of three counties under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ma'anshan in the southeast of Anhui, Anhui Province, China.
Dangtu is one of the longest established counties in eastern China and formed part of the ...
of
Anhui Province
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and the other part lies in the
Gaochun and
Lishui Districts of
Nanjing
Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400.
Situated in the Yang ...
,
Jiangsu Province
Jiangsu is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fifth most populous, with a population of 84. ...
.
The area of the watershed is , with an elevation of , its length is and the greatest breadth from east to west is (the average breadth makes ). The surface is equal to 2, and volume is about . The maximum depth of the Shijiu Lake is , and the average depth is .
References
{{Lakes of China
Lakes of Anhui
Lakes of Jiangsu