Tianmu Lake is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Liyang City in Jiangsu Province. It was listed as a provincial tourist resort in 1993 and is currently graded an AAAAA nature reserve. The lake covers an area of 300 square kilometres (120 sq mi), and its depth ranges from an average of 10 feet (3.0 m) to a maximum of 28 feet (8.5 m). 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 condition, achieving the second highest rating for water quality. As such, the lake is home to many freshwater fish such as cod. Around the lake, there are also two other China AAAAA-level tourist resorts called “South Hill Bamboo Sea” (also called NanShan Zhu Hai) and “Yushui Hot Spring”.
