Mount Lu West Sea
Mount Lu West Sea
Location	Jiujiang, China
Coordinates	29°17′N 115°20′E / 29.29°N 115.34°E / 29.29; 115.34
Type	reservoir and tourism attraction
Basin countries	China
Surface area	308 km2 (119 sq mi)
Average depth	45 m (148 ft)
Water volume	8 billion cubic metres (6.5×10^6 acre⋅ft)
Frozen	No
Islands	997, major ones 13

Mount Lu West Sea (Chinese: 庐山西海), also named Zhelin Reservoir (Chinese: 柘林湖; pinyin: Zhèlín Hú, Gan: Chā-līm fîkhú),^[1] is a reservoir located between the counties of Yongxiu, Wuning, and Xiushui in Jiujiang, China. It is 90 kilometers to the south of Mount Lu, with a total area of 308 square kilometers. The reservoir is the largest in Jiangxi province, with a storage capacity of 7,920,000,000 cubic metres.^[2]

Although the dam is located in an area of low seismic activity, after the impounding of the Zhelin Reservoir, seismic activity increased markedly.^[3]

Zhelin Reservoir is named after Zhelin Town, the site of the largest hydropower earth dam blocking project in Asia.^[4] It has an average water depth of 45 meters and a visibility of more than 9 meters, rich in wild fish species, like Culter alburnus, Red-tailed Xenocypris, Xenocypris davidi, and Siniperca chuatsi.^[5]

The American reality program Survivor filmed its fifteenth season, Survivor: China, on islands in the reservoir between June and August 2007. Survivor host Jeff Probst claimed that this was the first American television series to be filmed entirely within China.

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