Hong Lake (Chinese: 洪湖; pinyin: Hóng Hú) is a 348 km (134 sq mi) freshwater lake in the municipal region of Jingzhou, in central China's Hubei province.
Map including Hong Lake (labeled as HUNG HU 洪湖) (1953)Map of Soviet zones including Lake Hong
Its name originates from: Hong (洪) vast, immense; flood, deluge + Hu (湖) lake, and is used as the name for the nearby county-level city of Honghu.
