Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province, located in the southern edge of the Yangtze River Delta, is known as Zhenze and Tuju in ancient times, also known as Wuhu and Lize, and is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China. It is located in the south of Jiangsu Province, bordering Wuxi in the north, Huzhou in the south, Changzhou and Yixing in the west and Suzhou in the east. Jiangsu Province exercises administrative jurisdiction over the whole territory of Taihu Lake.

Taihu Lake in Anhui Province refers to Taihu County, which belongs to Anqing City, Anhui Province, and is located between 30 09' ~ 30 46' north latitude and115 45' ~16 30' east longitude. It is located in the west of Anhui Province, southwest of Anqing City and south of Dabie Mountain.

Changes of Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province

Before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taihu Lake was originally an alluvial plain on land. In the Tang Dynasty, the lake reached the bank of Wujiang pond. Dongshan and Xishan in Dongting and Liyuan in Wuxi were originally two big islands in the lake. Later, due to sediment deposition between Dongshan and Mudu, the beach expanded. By the middle of Qing Dynasty, the islands were connected by sandbars, making East Taihu Lake a big bay in Taihu Lake. In recent 1200 years, due to the intensification of siltation on the east and northwest coasts of East Taihu Lake and the reclamation of the lake beach, East Taihu Lake has actually become a long and narrow shallow dry lake area with serious water resistance.

The changes of modern Taihu Lake are most prominent in the East Taihu Lake area. In 1960s and 1970s, the area of Taihu Lake and its surrounding lakes decreased by 13.6% due to reclamation around the lake, and 165 lakes disappeared or basically disappeared, with a total area of 16 1 km2. Among them, Taihu Lake and crossing the lake are the most prominent, and Ma Jishan Island in the northwest of Taihu Lake is connected with the land because of reclaiming land from the lake. Due to the acceleration of the speed of encircling the lake in the north, east and south directions of the lake, the original lake surface has been greatly reduced.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Taihu Lake