Luxi Shankouyan National Wetland Park

Luxi Shankouyan National Wetland Park

Luxi Shankouyan National Wetland Park is a national-level wetland park.

Luxi Shankouyan National Wetland Park in Jiangxi Province is located in Luxi County, covering a total area of 1,043.47 hectares.

Shankouyan Wetland Park is situated at the source of the Yuan River, a first-level tributary of the Gan River, and covers an area of 449.16 hectares, with a wetland coverage rate of 61.37% and a water area of 54.29 hectares. The wetland park contains 421 species of vascular plants from 264 genera and 103 families. In 2007, Pingxiang City constructed the Shankouyan Dam near Shankouyan Village, creating a water conservancy hub with a storage capacity of 105 million cubic meters. It supplies 170,000 tons of water daily to downtown Pingxiang and 30,000 tons to downstream Luxi County.