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Tai Lam Chung Reservoir

Coordinates: 22°23′06″N 114°01′55″E / 22.3850393°N 114.0319818°E / 22.3850393; 114.0319818
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Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDa4 lan3 chong1 shui3 tang2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDaaih láahm chūng séui tòhng
JyutpingDaai6 laam5 cung1 seoi2 tong4

Tai Lam Chung Reservoir is a reservoir in Tai Lam Country Park, Tuen Mun District, New Territories, Hong Kong.[1] It is the first reservoir built in Hong Kong after the Second World War. Formed by a main dam across the Tai Lam Chung Valley, there are three supplemental dams that cross the nearby valley. the construction work of the reservoir commenced in 1952 and was completed in 1957. Its water storage capacity is about 21 million cubic metres.[2]

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22°23′06″N 114°01′55″E / 22.3850393°N 114.0319818°E / 22.3850393; 114.0319818