The reservoir is bordered by large swamps and wet meadows, and has abundant plants and shellfish.

[2] The Hutuoshan Reservoir is the largest in Tibet, with planned total storage of 12,000,000 cubic metres (420,000,000 cu ft).

[1] The endangered Black-necked cranes migrate to the middle and southern part of Tibet every winter, and may be seen on the reservoir.

[3] The cranes migrate from the frozen Changtang Grassland in northern Tibet in mid- to late-October, and overwinter in Linzhou (Lhünzhub) County.

[4] Flocks of the birds stay on the HuTouShan Reservoir overnight, where they can be observed around daybreak before they fly off to search for forage.