Current view: Text account
Site description (2009 baseline):
Site location and context
Shijiu Hu lake overlaps two provinces, with the western part in Anhui and the eastern part in Jiangsu. When the water in the lake is 6 m deep open water covers an area of 21,400 ha, and when it is 8 m deep open water covers 34,000 ha.
Non-bird biodiversity: No information.
Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity
The IBA is partially protected in the provincial-level Shijiu Hu Nature Reserve (10,667 ha), which was established in 1999.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shijiu Hu (Anhui) (China (mainland)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shijiu-hu-(anhui)-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.