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Qinghai Lake

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Qinghai Lake

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Also known as Qinghai Hu, Koko Nor, Ch'ing-hai Lake, Chinghai Lake, Lake Qinghai, Qinghai Sea, Ch'ing-hai Sea, Kokonor Sea

lake in Qinghai, China

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Qinghai Lake is the largest lake in China, located in the province of Qinghai in the western part of the country. It is an important geographic and ecological feature of the region, sitting on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
endorheic lake
Official name
青海湖
Country
China
Located in
Qinghai
Area
4400
Elevation
3266
Official website
qhh.qinghai.gov.cn
Image
青海湖航拍.jpg
Height
38
Width
67.3
Length
108.1
Has parts of class
diaolou
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Qinghai Lake
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青海湖
vertical depth
21
watershed area
29660
native label
མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ་
volume as quantity
71600000000
heritage designation
Tentative World Heritage Site
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Encyclopedic overview

Qinghai Lake is the largest lake in China. Located in an endorheic basin in Qinghai Province, to which it gave its name, Qinghai Lake is classified as an alkaline salt lake. The lake has fluctuated in size, shrinking over much of the 20th century but increasing since 2004. It had a surface area of 4,317 km (1,667 sq mi), an average depth of 21 m (69 ft), and a maximum depth of 25.5 m (84 ft) in 2008.

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