List of lakes of China
This is a list of lakes of China.
Poyang Lake
Dongting Lake
Lake Tai
Hongze Lake
Chao Lake
Hulun Lake
Lake Xingkai
Nansi Lake
Bosten Lake
Qinghai Lake
Namtso
Siling Lake
Ulungur Lake
Yamdrok Lake
Lop Nor
Dabusun Lake
Kunteyi Lake
Manas Lake
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The five largest saltwater (Red ones are the largest five, orange ones are the dried ones) and fresh water lakes (Blue ones are the traditional five-large-lakes, cyan ones are those that are supposed to be in the largest five) in ChinaLakes of China include:
Lake | Provincial level division | Area (km2) | Water |
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Aibi Lake | Xinjiang | 36 | Saline |
Ailik Lake | Xinjiang | 50 | Saline |
Ayding Lake | Xinjiang | 176 | Dried Salt Bed |
Bosten Lake | Xinjiang | 1000 | Fresh |
Chaiwopu Lake | Xinjiang | 28 | Fresh |
Chang Lake | Hubei | 131 | Fresh |
Chao Lake | Anhui | 775 | Fresh |
Dabiele Lake | Qinghai | 7.4 | Saline |
Dabusun Lake | Qinghai | 184–334 | Saline |
Daye Lake | Hubei | 54.7 | Fresh |
Lake Dai | Inner Mongolia | 160 | |
Dian Lake | Yunnan | 298 | Fresh |
Dagze Lake | Tibet | 245 | Saline |
Dianshan Lake | Shanghai | Fresh | |
Dongqian Lake | Zhejiang | 20 | Fresh |
Donggi Cona | Qinghai | 229 | Fresh |
Dongting Lake | Hunan | 2691 | Fresh |
East Lake | Hubei | 33 | Fresh |
Erhai Lake | Yunnan | 256.5 | Fresh |
Futou Lake | Hubei | 161 | Fresh |
Gaoyou Lake | Anhui and Jiangsu | 674.7 | Fresh |
Heaven Lake (Tianchi) | Jilin and North Korea | 4.9 | Fresh |
Hala Hu | Qinghai | 596 | Brackish |
Lake Heihai | Qinghai | ||
Hong Lake | Hubei | 348 | Fresh |
Hongze Lake | Jiangsu | 1663.32 | Fresh |
Houguan Lake | Hubei | Fresh | |
Lake Huangqi | Inner Mongolia | 110 | |
Hulun Lake | Inner Mongolia | 2339 | Fresh |
Karakol | Xinjiang | 4.8 | Fresh |
Liangzi Lake | Hubei | 370.0 | Fresh |
Longgan Lake | Hubei | 316.2 | Fresh |
Lu Lake | Hubei | 40.2 | Fresh |
Lumajangdong | Tibet | ||
Lugu Lake | Sichuan and Yunnan | 48.5 | Fresh |
Luoma Lake | Jiangsu | Fresh | |
Manas Lake | Xinjiang | salt | |
Namtso | Tibet | 1920 | Saline |
Nansi Lake | Shandong | 1266 | Fresh |
Niushan Lake (part of Liangzi Lake) | Hubei | 57.2 | Fresh |
North Hulsan Lake | Qinghai | 0–90.4 | Saline |
Pangong Tso | Tibet | 700 | Saline |
Poyang Lake | Jiangxi | 3206.98 | Fresh |
Qiandao Lake | Zhejiang | 573 | Fresh |
Qinghai Lake (Koko Nor) | Qinghai | 4340 | Saline |
Siling Lake | Tibet | 1865 | Saline |
South Lake | Hubei | 5 | Saline |
South Dongting Lake | Hunan | Fresh | |
South Hulsan Lake (Nanhuobuxun) | Qinghai | 33.41 | Saline |
Suli Lake (Senie) | Qinghai | 69-85 | Saline |
Sun Moon Lake | Taiwan | 7.93 | Fresh |
Lake Tai | Jiangsu and Zhejiang | 2537.17 | Fresh |
Tangxun Lake | Hubei | 47.6 | Fresh |
Tuanjie Lake | Qinghai | 6 | Saline |
Ulungur Lake | Xinjiang | 827 | Saline |
West Lake | Zhejiang | 5.6 | Fresh |
West Dabusun Lake (Xidabuxun) | Qinghai | 0–30 | Saline |
Wu Lake | Hubei | 21.2 | Fresh |
Xiaobiele Lake | Qinghai | 6.3 | Saline |
Xiezuo Lake | Qinghai | 17 | Saline |
Xiliang Lake | Hubei | 85.2 | Fresh |
Xingkai Lake | Heilongjiang and Russia (Amur Oblast) | 4070 | Fresh |
Ya'er Lake | Hubei | 18.0 | Fresh |
Yangcheng Lake | Jiangsu | 20 | Fresh |
Yandong Lake | Hubei | Fresh | |
Yanxi Lake | Hubei | 11.8 | Fresh |
Yezhi Lake | Hubei | 2.06 | Fresh |
Zhangdu Lake | Hubei | 280 | Fresh |
See also
- List of saltwater lakes of China
- Five Lakes (China)
- Lake Tianchi Monster
External links
- Hangzhou West Lake description, photo gallery and maps
- https://web.archive.org/web/20030808171438/http://www.hceis.com/ChinaBasic/Lakes/Lakes%20of%20China.htm