洞庭湖英语导游词

洞庭湖古称云梦、九江和重湖，处于长江中游荆江南岸，跨岳阳、汨罗、湘阴、望城、益阳、沅江、汉寿、常德、津市、安乡和南县等县市。

洞庭湖之名始于春秋、战国时期，因湖中洞庭山（即今君山）而得名。洞庭湖北纳长江的松滋、太平、藕池、调弦四口来水，南和西接湘、资、沅、澧四水及汨罗江等小支流，由岳阳市城陵矶注入长江。Beautiful Scenes of Dongting Lake Dongting Lake Dongting Lake is located in northeastern Hunan China. And it ranks as the second largest freshwater lake in China, following the Pouamg Lake in Jiangxi Province. This large and shallow lake is a flood-basin of the Yangtze River. The size of Dongting Lake is decided by the rainy season. It connects the Yangtze River to the north and the Xiangjiang River, Zi River, Yuan River, and Feng River to the south. And the The provinces of Hubei and Hunan are named after their location relative to the lake: Hubei means "North of the Lake" and Hunan means "South of the Lake" in Chinese.洞庭湖之名，始于春秋、战国时期，因湖中洞庭山（即今君山）而得名。洞庭湖北纳长江的松滋、太平、藕池、调弦四口来水，南和西接湘、资、沅、澧四水及汨罗江等小支流，由岳阳市城陵矶注入长江。洞庭湖古代曾号称“八百里洞庭”。

20世纪90年代末，据水利部门测算，有面积2579.2平方公里（一说2740平方公里）一般称中国第二大淡水湖；如果加上湘、资、沅、澧四水和“长江四口”1300多平方公里洪道面积（一说1.878万平方公里），两者合计，由有3879.2平方公里（或4040平方公里）。湖盆周长为803.2公里，总容积220亿立方米，其中天然湖泊容积178亿立方米，河道容积42亿立方米。