Haizi Reservoir

Haizi Reservoir

Located over [number] kilometers from downtown Beijing. It was completed in [year]. Extensions and expansions were carried out in [year] and from [year] to [year]. With a total storage capacity of [number] billion cubic meters and a catchment area of [number] square kilometers, it is one of the major reservoirs in Beijing. The reservoir features a main dam, a south auxiliary dam, a spillway, a power station, and [number] emergency spillways. The main dam is an earth-fill dam with a clay core, with a maximum height of [number] meters and a crest length of [number] meters. Gold is mined in the Jinshan area west of General Pass in the northern part of the reservoir, hence the reservoir is also known as Golden Sea.

Address: On a tributary of the Jiyun River, near Haizi Village, [number] kilometers east of Pinggu County