Tian Mu Lake is a lake which is 8 kilometres south of Liyang City in Jiangsu Province, China

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. It was listed as a provincial tourist resort in 1993 and is currently grade AAAA nature reserve

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...

after graded as such in 2001. The lake is about 300 square kilometres in area, and its depth ranges from an average of 10ft to a maximum of 28ft. The lake enjoys a legal conservation status, and since the municipal government took action in 1995 to overhaul the sewage disposal systems around the lake, the water quality has been in a good comdition, achieving the second highest rating for water quality

Water quality

Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is a measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need or purpose. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which...

. As such, the lake is home to many freshwater fish such as cod

Cod

Cod is the common name for genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name for various other fishes. Cod is a popular food with a mild flavor, low fat content and a dense, flaky white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of...

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Surrounding area

In the surrounding area of the lake (the Tian Mu Lake Scenic Area), wild animals such as mallard

Mallard

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, pheasant

Pheasant

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 and wild boar live. Some animals are also kept in captivity and fed by humans, such as a camel

Camel

A camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as humps on its back. There are two species of camels: the dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the bactrian has two humps. Dromedaries are native to the dry desert areas of West Asia,...

. The area's largest produce is tea

Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...

. The production of tea each year here reaches 1,000 tons.
Around the Tian Mu Lake,there is also another AAAA tourist attraction called "Nan Shan Bamboo Park" (also called NanShan Zhu Hai

Nanshan Zhuhai

Nanshan Zhuhai is an ecological tourist area in the southern mountains of Liyang, Jiangsu province, China.It has been kept open to public since 2000. It is in close proximity to Tianmu Lake , another ecological tourist area. Aside from tourism, Nanshan Zhuhai is also known for resource...

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