Erhai Lake
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lake Erhai, Erhai L., L. Erhai, Dali Lake, Dali L., Lake Dali, L. Dali, Tali Lake
lake in Yunnan, People's Republic of China
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 170 inbound references to Erhai Lake, and connects out to Poyang Lake, Khanka and Dongting Lake.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody.
It sits within the topics Geography of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Lakes of Yunnan and Tourist attractions in Yunnan.
Vinony links it to 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Location
- Dali City , Dali Prefecture , Yunnan
- Primary outflows
- Xi'er River
- Basin countries
- China
- Max length
- 40 km (25 mi)
- Max width
- 8 km (5.0 mi)
- Surface area
- 250 km (97 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 10.2 m (33 ft)
- Max depth
- 20.7 m (68 ft)
- Water volume
- 2.5 km (0.60 cu mi)
- Residence time
- 2.75 years
- Surface elevation
- 1,972 m (6,470 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Dali
- Area
- 252.91
- Elevation
- 1972
- Image
- Satellite picture of Erhai Lake - ISS043-E-162687.jpg
- Width
- 8
- Length
- 40
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- Commons category
- Erhai Lake
- watershed area
- 2565
- Commons gallery
- Erhai Lake
- volume as quantity
- 2.5
- basin country
- China
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Encyclopedic overview
Erhai or Er Lake (Chinese: 洱海; pinyin: Ěrhǎi), is an alpine fault lake in Dali City, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. Erhai was also known as Yeyuze (叶榆泽) or Kunming Lake (昆明池) in ancient times.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erhai Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.