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Bosten Lake

lake

Key facts

Location: Bayingolin Prefecture , Xinjiang
Catchment area: 56,000 km (22,000 sq mi)
Basin countries: China
Max length: 55 km (34 mi)
Max width: 25 km (16 mi)
Surface area: 1,000 km (390 sq mi)
Average depth: 8.15 m (26.7 ft)
Max depth: 17 m (56 ft)
Water volume: 8,150,000,000 m (2.88 × 10 cu ft)
Surface elevation: 1,048 m (3,438 ft)

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Bosten Lake (traditional Chinese: 博斯騰湖; simplified Chinese: 博斯腾湖; pinyin: Bósīténg Hú, Uyghur: باغراش كۆلى / Бағраш Көли / Baghrash Köli / Baƣrax Kɵli, Chagatai: Bostang) is a freshwater lake on the northeastern rim of the Tarim Basin, about 20 km (12 mi) east of Yanqi and 57 km (35 mi) northeast of Korla, Xinjiang, China in the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. Covering an area of about 1,000 km (390 sq mi) (together with adjacent small lakes), it is the largest lake in Xinjiang and one of the largest inland freshwater lakes in China. Bosten lake receives water inflow from a catchment area of 56,000 km (22,000 sq mi).

The lake's Mongol, Uyghur and Chinese names are sometimes rendered as Bosten Hu, Bagrax-hu, Bagrasch-köl, Baghrasch köl, Bagratsch-kul, Bositeng Lake or Bositeng Hu.