Huairou Reservoir
The Huairou Reservoir is a reservoir in Huairou District, Beijing, China. It is located about 60 km north of central Beijing. It is the site of the Huairou Solar Observing Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Huai-jou Shui-k’u”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huairou Solar Observatory, NAOC and Huairou.
Huairou Solar Observatory, NAOC
The Huairou Solar Observing Station is a solar observatory in China. It is situated on the north bank of the Huairou Reservoir, in Huairou District, Beijing, about 60 km north of central Beijing.Huairou
Railway station
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huairou is a railway station, which is situated 3 km east of Huairou Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huairou and Quanhe.
Huairou
Photo: Matthew Summerton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huairou District is a district in the far north of Beijing Municipality. It is a mix of rural and urban settlements. Mutianyu, one of the most popular sections of the Great Wall of China for international tourists, is located in the district.
Quanhe
Suburb
Quanhe Subdistrict is a subdistrict situated in the south of Huairou District, Beijing, China. It is located to the north of Longshan Subdistrict, to the east of Huairou Reservoir, and is surrounded by Huairou Town to the other directions.
Miaocheng
Town
Miaocheng Town is a town in southern Huairou District, Beijing, China. It shares border with Huairou Town and Longshan Subdistrict to its north, Yangsong Town to its east, Niulanshan and Zhaoquanying Towns to its south, Beishicao and Qiaozi Towns to its west. Miaocheng is situated 3½ km southeast of Huairou Reservoir.
Huairou Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Huairou Reservoir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Huairou Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Huairou Shuiku”
- Chinese: “怀柔水库”
- Japanese: “懐柔水庫”
- Panjabi: “ਹੁਏਰੂ ਸਰੋਵਰ”
- Swedish: “Huairou Shuiku”
- Swedish: “Huairoureservoaren”
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