Lake Changshou

Lake Changshou is a man-made lake with another name Shizitun Reservoir in Changshou, Chongqing, China. In the purpose of generating electric power, four hydraulic power stations were built after the dam construction had been completed in the 1950s. Since then a state farm was set up for fishery and horticulture as well as animal husbandry. Its surface area is 60 km? with an irrigation area amounting to 248 km?. There are many islands within the lake, good for tourism.