Tai Lam Chung Reservoir

Tai Lam Chung Reservoir is a reservoir in Tai Lam Country Park, Tuen Mun District, New Territories, Hong Kong.[1]

Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
Traditional Chinese大欖涌水塘
Panoramic view of Tai Lam Chung Reservoir

Tai Lam Chung Reservoir is the first reservoir built in Hong Kong after the Second World War. The construction work of the reservoir commenced in 1952 and was completed in 1957. Formed by a main dam across the Tai Lam Chung Valley, there are three supplemental dams that cross the nearby valley. Its water storage capacity is about 21 million cubic metres.[2]

Several villages were flooded by the reservoir, including Tai Lam Village (大欖村), Tai Wai Village, Kan Uk Tei Village (關屋地村) and Wu Uk Village.[3]

In recent years, this reservoir is also given the nickname "the Thousand Island Lake of Hong Kong" due to the similarity in sceneries.

References
  1. Tai Lam Country Park
  2. Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
  3. "Country Parks in West New Territories" (PDF). hiking.gov.hk. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
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