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Have you ever been to Dongting Lake? It's for the name "800-li Donging Lake". Dongting Lake is in the northern part Hunan Province. It is about 2,579 square kilometers in . It is one of the five largest freshwater (淡水) lakes in China. Every year thousands of tourists from all over the world to Yueyang in order to enjoy the beautiful scenery (景色) around Dongting Lake.
With the development of society, Dongting Lake has become a hot topic. In fact, people in Yueyang are trying to the environment of the lake. On the one hand, people set up East Dongting Lake Nature Reserve (东洞庭湖自然保护区) in 1982. It a good place for birds and rare (珍稀的) animals. On the afternoon of April 25th,2018, thousands of people saw birds flying in the sky elk (麋鹿) eating grass in East Dongting Lake Nature Reserve. On the other hand, factories mustn't pour water into the lake. In this way, the water in the river is very clean and many fish are living in the clean water . Besides, colorful flowers come out and leaves turn green.
Dongting Lake is our mother lake. Everyone in Yueyang should play a part in protecting it.