WULAGAI reservoir

WULAGAI reservoir

Professor of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, who has been studying the problem of WULAGAI wetland, thinks that Inner Mongolia is indeed a relatively arid area, and the upstream industrial water interception is the main reason for the death of WULAGAI wetland. Wetlands have existed for thousands of years, and the current situation of rapid disappearance is undeniably related to the development of industry and other factors. Such a vicious circle will lead to the disappearance of wetlands and create a new environment It has become an irreparable ecological loss.

brief introduction

WULAGAI river is the largest inland river in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It forms WULAGAI river system with several other inland rivers. It is located in the center of the famous Wuzhumuqin grassland and is the lifeline of tens of thousands of square kilometers of arid grassland and WULAGAI wetland in the north.

In 1975, during the cultural revolution, the Ulagai Agricultural Management Bureau, which was mainly composed of immigrants, occupied a large area of land in the eastern water source area of Dongwu banner and was separated from the jurisdiction of Inner Mongolia and Ximeng directly under Dongwu banner. In 1977, the WULAGAI river was cut off by the above-mentioned units to build a reservoir to raise fish, which destroyed the water resource supplement system of the arid grassland for thousands of years. In 1998, the dam of WULAGAI reservoir was destroyed by flood, resulting in grassland vegetation disaster in the lower reaches of WULAGAI River, in which 200 square kilometers of grassland were flooded, forming a large lake. In 2003, the WULAGAI reservoir was rebuilt without EIA, and the WULAGAI river was cut off. Two years later, a large area of accumulated water in the lower reaches of the reservoir evaporated and the lake dried up, of which 200 square kilometers of water eroded desertification area appeared. In 2006, WULAGAI marsh, an important national wetland, dried up and many lakes dried up, forming the source area of dust storm.

For details, see "WULAGAI wetland in Inner Mongolia dried up due to water shortage" reported by Oriental Outlook

social results

Two different voices and social benefit explanations

1. In recent years, under the guidance of the scientific outlook on development, the league and the management area have developed and utilized the reservoir resources effectively, scientifically and reasonably, making the WULAGAI Reservoir show good economic, social and ecological benefits for the people. The reservoir has played an important role in flood control and drought relief, drinking water for human and livestock, fishery production and protection of regional ecology. I don't know if you still remember the extraordinary flood in 1998, which caused great losses to the Development Zone, especially the obvious impact on the future climate and the obvious reduction of rainfall. It is urgent to rebuild the reservoir. In 2003, the construction of WULAGAI reservoir began to repair, and it was completed in 2004, which formed today's vast waters.

As an important water resource in Ximeng and Inner Mongolia, the reservoir can provide 4760 cubic meters of water for industry every year. At present, after the completion of the Xilin River water supply project, 145 million cubic meters of water can be diverted every year, which will bring good news for the healthy economic and social development of WULAGAI area and surrounding areas. At the same time, it also paves the way for the development of water scenery tourism with grassland characteristics.

2. Ecological damage assessment of vegetation in WULAGAI wetland grassland, Inner Mongolia subuda.htm

"In recent years, the grassland climate is gradually arid, the area of grassland desertification and salinization is gradually expanding, which has seriously damaged the grassland ecological environment, and the situation is very serious. From 2006 to 2007, through the preliminary investigation on the ecological status of Ulagai iashidi in Gudong Wuqi, Inner Mongolia, it was found that since the middle Ulagai reservoir cut off the Ulagai River in 2003, the wetland in the lower reaches of the Ulagai River Basin has dried up year by year, the grassland has degenerated year by year, the vegetation has gradually evolved from hygrophytes to derived and Psammophytes, and a large number of lakes have disappeared and exposed The bottom of the lake has become one of the important sources of sandstorms in the north

Water resources damage report of Wuzhumuqin grassland and WULAGAI wetland_ cjcy_ waterresources.htm

Tourism development

"WULAGAI reservoir in Ximeng has beautiful scenery, with blue sky, white clouds, grassland, green water, birds, horse riding, camel riding, fishing and so on. The white tourism yurts are dotted with green grass, flowers, the Bank of the Ulagai River and the reservoir, making tourists forget to return. In recent years, WULAGAI reservoir tourism has attracted thousands of tourists from Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hebei, northeast and other places. From January to August this year alone, more than 30000 tourists came to WULAGAI reservoir to attract foreign tourists and a large number of educated youth from the former BINGTUAN who returned to their second hometown. In 2009, the tourism revenue of WULAGAI reservoir and other tourist attractions in Ximeng from January to August has exceeded 8 million yuan, the highest level in the same period of history. "

However, compared with the loss of WULAGAI wetland in the middle and lower reaches and the great loss of grassland ecological degradation in Dongwu banner, the benefit of the reservoir is obviously insignificant. - once grassland review

Address: WULAGAI reservoir, halagaitunung Ranch Market Town, Xilingol, Inner Mongolia

Longitude: 119.53612798926

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