Dongting

/ ˈdʊŋˈtɪŋ /

noun

1. a lake in S China, in NE Hunan province: main outlet flows to the Yangtze; rice-growing in winter. Area: (in winter) 3900 sq km (1500 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Lakes fed by the Yangtze, such as the Dongting Lake in Hunan province, have shrunk dramatically, in an area that is reliant on irrigation for farming.

From BBC

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Water Resources said the water level of main streams in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze river, Dongting lake and Poyang lake was gradually falling.

From BBC

But parts of the Yangtze, its tributaries and major lakes like the Dongting and Poyang have hit record levels anyway.

From Reuters

The private lake was created by an entrepreneur who built a dam at Dongting Lake, China’s second-biggest freshwater lake which is a flood basin for the Yangtze River, Xinhua said late on Wednesday.

From Reuters

Colossal vessels are mining sand outside the permitted areas and times in the Yangtze's main stem and its tributaries, and in the huge connecting lakes Poyang and Dongting.

From Nature