Kowloon Reservoir

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Kowloon Reservoir
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Kowloon Reservoir viewed from the main dam
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Kowloon Reservoir
Location Kam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°21′14″N114°09′12″E / 22.35381°N 114.15323°E / 22.35381; 114.15323
Lake type reservoir
Built1906;119 years ago (1906)
Water volume 1,578,000 cubic metres (55,700,000 cu ft)
  1. "WSD - Kowloon Reservoir". Water Supplies Department . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. "Hong Kong Water Supply – Kowloon Reservoir – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group". The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2006-10-17). Central Ridge and West (in English and Chinese). Hong Kong: Cosmos Books Limited. p. 104. ISBN   9882113273.
Kowloon Reservoir
Traditional Chinese 九龍水塘
Simplified Chinese 九龙水塘
Literal meaningNine Dragons Reservoir
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Jiǔ lóng shuǐ táng
Hakka
Romanization Geo2 Lung4 Sêü2 Tong4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Gáu lùhng séui tòhng
Jyutping Gau2 lung4 seoi2 tong4