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Zhelin Reservoir (Chinese: 柘林湖; pinyin: Zhèlín Hú, Gan: Chā-līm fîkhú), also named Lushan West Sea (Chinese: 庐山西海),[1] is a reservoir located between the counties of Yongxiu, Wuning, and Xiushui in Jiujiang, northern Jiangxi province, China. It is 40 kilometers to the north of Nanchang and 90 kilometers to the south of Mount Lushan, with a total area of 308 square kilometers. The reservoir is the largest in Jiangxi province, with a storage capacity of 7,920,000,000 cubic metres.[2]

Zhelin Reservoir
Zhelin Reservoir
Location	Yongxiu, Wuning, Xiushui county, Jiujiang, Jiangxi
Coordinates	29.29°N 115.34°E / 29.29; 115.34
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	China
Surface area	308 km2 (119 sq mi)
Average depth	45 m (148 ft)
Water volume	8 billion cubic metres (6.5×10^6 acre⋅ft)
Frozen	No
Islands	997, major ones 13

Although the dam is located in an area of low seismic activity, after the impounding of the Zhelin Reservoir the seismic activity increased markedly.[3]

Zhelin Reservoir is named after Zhelin Town, the site of the largest hydropower earth dam blocking project in Asia.[4] It has an average water depth of 45 meters and a visibility of more than 9 meters, rich in wild fish species, like Culter alburnus, Red-tailed Xenocypris, Xenocypris davidi, and Siniperca chuatsi.[5]

The American reality program Survivor filmed its fifteenth season, Survivor: China, on islands in the reservoir between June and August 2007. Survivor host Jeff Probst claimed that this was the first American television series to be filmed entirely within China.

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