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The Ming Tombs Reservoir or the Shisanling Reservoir (十三陵水库) is a dam in Changping District of northern Beijing. Named for the Ming tombs nearby, it is the lower reservoir of the Shisanling Pumped Storage Power Station. The earth-fill embankment dam is 29 metres (95 ft) high and 627 metres (2,057 ft) long. The dam creates a reservoir that can store 59,000,000 cubic metres (2.083565337×10⁹ cu ft) of water and contains a controlled chute spillway.[2]

Ming Tombs Reservoir
Ming Tombs Reservoir and the dam
Official name	Ming Tombs Reservoir
Location	Changping, Beijing, China
Coordinates	40°25′03″N 116°26′58″E
Construction began	1958-1
Opening date	1958-4
Demolition date	N/A
Owner(s)	PRC
Dam and spillways
Height	29 m (95 ft)
Length	627 m (2,057 ft)[1]
Width (base)	179 m (587 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	60,000,000 m3 (49,000 acre⋅ft)[1]

In 2008, the reservoir was one of the nine temporary venues of the Beijing Olympics. It was used for the Triathlon events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, during which it was known as the Triathlon Venue (simplified Chinese: 铁人三项赛场; traditional Chinese: 鐵人三項賽場; pinyin: Tiěrén Sānxiàng Sàichǎng).

References

• Beijing2008.cn Triathlon Venue profile

External links

• Media related to Ming Tombs Reservoir at Wikimedia Commons

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[de] Ming Tombs Reservoir

Das Ming Tombs Reservoir (chinesisch .mw-parser-output .Hans{font-size:110%}十三陵水库, Pinyin Shísānlíng Shuǐkù – „13-Gräber-Stausee“) ist ein Stausee im Pekinger Bezirk Changping.

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