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    <description><![CDATA[Called 'the blue pearl of Quảng Nam,' Phú Ninh Reservoir is a vast artificial lake surrounded by protected forest, 15 scattered islands, and hot mineral springs — a working water resource that has quietly become one of central Vietnam's most important natural sanctuaries.]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Called 'the blue pearl of Quảng Nam,' Phú Ninh Reservoir is a vast artificial lake surrounded by protected forest, 15 scattered islands, and hot mineral springs — a working water resource that has quietly become one of central Vietnam's most important natural sanctuaries.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Phú Ninh Reservoir: Introduction</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit Trịnh Quốc Việt, CC BY-SA 3.0. They called it the blue pearl of Quảng Nam, and the name fits — from the right angle, on a clear morning, Phú Ninh Reservoir sits in its green-forested valley like something precious and improbable. Built as an artificial lake in Phú Ninh District, it now covers an area large enough to contain 15 islands, support 80 tons of fish a year, power a hydroelectric station, and protect a stretch of forest that shelters species still listed in Vietnam's Red Data Book. That's a lot for a reservoir.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit Trịnh Quốc Việt, CC BY-SA 3.0. They called it the blue pearl of Quảng Nam, and the name fits — from the right angle, on a clear morning, Phú Ninh Reservoir sits in its green-forested valley like something precious and improbable. Built as an artificial lake in Phú Ninh District, it now covers an area large enough to contain 15 islands, support 80 tons of fish a year, power a hydroelectric station, and protect a stretch of forest that shelters species still listed in Vietnam's Red Data Book. That's a lot for a reservoir.</p>
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      <title>Phú Ninh Reservoir: What the Water Does</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit Viet Trinh Quoc (thảo luận), CC BY-SA 3.0. Phú Ninh Lake is not ornamental. Seven kilometers south of Tam Kỳ Town and roughly 70 kilometers from Da Nang, it serves as the primary water supply for residential and agricultural use across Tam Kỳ and the surrounding districts of Phú Ninh and Núi Thành. The hydroelectric plant...]]></description>
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      <title>Phú Ninh Reservoir: The Forest at the Water&apos;s Edge</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit Viet Trinh Quoc (thảo luận), CC BY-SA 3.0. The total protected area surrounding Phú Ninh Lake covers 23,409 hectares, encompassing forest, hills, and wetland margins. A 2000 survey by the Quảng Nam Forestry Bureau documented 15,768 hectares of forest, including 1,500 hectares of plantation. Within that larger forest, rese...]]></description>
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      <title>Phú Ninh Reservoir: Islands and Their Inhabitants</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit Viet Trinh Quoc (thảo luận), CC BY-SA 3.0. Fifteen islands rise from Phú Ninh's surface, ranging from small patches that flood in the rainy season to So Island, the largest, where natural forest is recovering and animals — birds, reptiles, small mammals — are returning. Rua Island holds natural forest and two small specie...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit Viet Trinh Quoc (thảo luận), CC BY-SA 3.0. The terrain around Phú Ninh is shaped by low hills, most between 100 and 300 meters, with some peaks reaching 500–700 meters to the south. The climate belongs to what the source describes as the Middle South zone — two seasons, rainy and dry, with average annual rainfall of 2,491...]]></description>
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