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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大欖涌水塘
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinda4 lan3 chong1 shui3 tang2
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingdaai6 laam5 cung1 seoi2 tong4

Tai Lam Chung Reservoir (Chinese: 大欖涌水塘) is a reservoir in Tai Lam Country Park, Tai Lam Chung, 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, the construction work of the reservoir commenced in 1952 and was completed in 1957. Its water storage capacity is about 20 million cubic metres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Tai Lam Country Park
  2. ^ Tai Lam Chung Reservoir

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

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