Weishan Lake - Bisanko

A lake in the southern part of Shandong Province, China, on the border with Jiangsu Province. It has an area of ​​660 square kilometers. From the south of Jining, the lakes Nanyang, Dushan, Zhaoyang, and Weishan are lined up in a northwest-southeast direction, and are also called the Southern Four Lakes because they are connected to each other. The Lu Canal (part of the Grand Canal) passes across it (on the east side), and since ancient times it has been a key point for water transportation connecting the Yangtze River system in the south and the Yellow River system in the north. Located between the North China Plain and the Luzhong Mountains, it was a low-lying area that often suffered from flooding, but this has been overcome through repeated repairs, such as merging part of the Grand Canal with the lake.

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中国、山東省南部、江蘇(こうそ)省との省境にある湖。面積660平方キロメートル。済寧(さいねい)の南から北西―南東方向に南陽(なんよう)、独山(どくざん)、昭陽(しょうよう)、微山の各湖が並び、互いに連なっているため南四湖ともいう。魯(ろ)運河（大運河の一部）が横（東側）を通り、古来、南の揚子江(ようすこう)水系と北の黄河水系とを結ぶ水運の要所であった。華北平原と魯中(ろちゅう)山地との間にあり、低地帯のため水害も多かったが、一部大運河と合流させるなど、改修を繰り返し克服してきた。

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