Daxihaizi Reservoir

In 1958, the soldiers of the Second Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps began to build the Daxihaizi Reservoir. In 1972, after the completion of the reservoir in the middle reaches of the Tarim River, the section of the lower Tarim River dried up. In 1974, Taitema Lake completely dried up. In 1993, the Daxihaizi Reservoir dried up completely for the first time in its history. In 2012, the reservoir was withdrawn from the agricultural irrigation system, and became a purely ecological reservoir. In May 2014, the Daxihaizi Reservoir was officially transferred from the XPCC to the Tarim River Basin Bureau (塔里木河流域管理局). == References ==