Lake Shíjiù

Lake Shijiu lies in the lowlands between the Yangtze and the Tai Lake basin. It is one of the lakes left as the ancient Danyang marsh silted up and separated into smaller waters. Streams from the mountains of southern Anhui enter the lake system, while channels carry water west toward the Yangtze. To the east, the Xu River cuts through the hills toward the Tai Lake basin; neighbouring Lake Gucheng forms another part of this network of rivers and lakes.