Dongting Lake / 洞庭湖

Dongting Lake appears in 65.龙王之怒：1931年的长江洪水 as part of the flood-control conflict around the middle [[YangtzeRiver|Yangtze]] region. The episode says that keeping natural openings could relieve pressure on major dikes, but could also send floodwater toward lake communities.

In the source, Dongting Lake is therefore less a scenic place than a risk-distribution node. It shows why dikes, breaches, diversions, and “protection” can become inter-village, inter-provincial, and political conflicts.

Connections

• Yangtze River / 长江, Hubei / 湖北, and Flood Control Risk Transfer - main hydrological and political frame.
• Wetland Adaptation - adjacent wetland and floodplain question.
• Environmental Tradeoff Accounting - broader practice of asking where the cost of a protective decision lands.