List of lakes in China
This is a list of Chinese lakes . It is divided into freshwater and saltwater lakes.
There are 2693 natural lakes in China with an area of more than 1 km 2 (as of 2011, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). With a total of 81,415 km 2 , they make up 0.9% of the Chinese land area. Ten of these lakes are over 1000 km 2 in size . In the three decades before 2011, 243 lakes dried up.
Freshwater lakes
- Baiyangdian Lake 白洋淀, Hebei
- Boston Lake (Bositeng Hu), Xinjiang
- Chao Lake巢湖, near Chaohu and Hefei , Anhui
- Dagze Co達孜 湖, Tibet
- Dian Lake , eastern part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
- Dianshan Hu淀山湖, Shanghai
- Dongqian Hu东 钱 湖, Zhejiang
- Dongting Lake洞庭湖, North Hunan , plain on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River
- Eling Hu or Co Ngoring ( 鄂陵湖 , Eling Hu ), Madoi County or Maduo , Qinghai , river network of the Huang He headwaters
- He Hai洱海, in the west of Yunnan Province
- Hongze Lake洪泽湖, West Jiangsu , Huanghuai Plain
- Hulun Lake (Dapen Lake), Xinba'er zuoqi, Xinba'er youqi and Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia
- Jingpo Hu , Ning'an , Heilongjiang
- Lugu Lake泸沽湖, Sichuan and Yunnan
- Luoma Lake , Jiangsu
- Poyang Lake鄱阳湖, North Jiangxi , plain on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River
- Qiandao Lake千島湖, Zhejiang
- Taihu Lake太湖, South Jiangsu , plain on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River
- Tian Chi , Jilin and North Korea
- West Lake , Hangzhou , Zhejiang
- Lake Chanka (Xingkai Hu), Heilongjiang and Russia
- Yangcheng Lake阳澄湖, Jiangsu
- Zhaling Lake or Co Gyaring ( 扎陵湖 , Zhaling Hu ), Madoi County or Maduo , Qinghai , river network of the Huang He headwaters
Salt water lakes
- Aydingkol Lake , Xinjiang , Turpan Basin
- Chaka Salt Lake 茶 卡 盐湖
- Cha'erhan Salt Lake 察尔汗 盐湖, see Qarhan Salt Lake
- Da Qaidam Salt Lake
- Daihai , Liangcheng , Inner Mongolia (gradually freshwater lake)
- Dalangtan salt lake
- Damxung (Tangyung Tso) salt lake
- Dongtaijinai'er Hu (Salt Lake) 东 台 吉 乃尔 湖
- Ebinur Lake (Aibi Lake) 艾比湖Xinjiang
- Erjichuo Salt Lake, Inner Mongolia
- Gomo-Co Salt Lake (Gomo Tso; Gomo Caka)
- Hoh-Xil Salt Lake (Kekexili)
- Jartai Yanchi , Inner Mongolia Plateau
- Jilantai Salt Lake, p. Jartai Yanchi
- Kunteyi Salt Lake
- Lop Nur (Luobupo), Tarim Basin , Xinjiang (dried up)
- Lumajiangdong Cuo鲁玛 江 冬 错
- Mahai salt lake
- Manasi (Manas) salt lake
- Nam Co纳木错 (Namucuo), Tibet Plateau
- Qarhan (Chaerhan) Salt Lake 察尔汗 盐湖, Qaidam Basin
- Qinghai Lake青海 湖, Qinghai (Lake Koko Nor)
- Serling Tsho (Selincuo) 色 林 错
- Ulungur Lake (Wulungu Hu) 乌伦 古 湖
- Xie Chi , Yuncheng , Shanxi
- Xitaijinai'er Hu (Salt Lake) 西 台 吉 乃尔 湖
- Yabrai Yanchi , Inner Mongolia Plateau
- Yamzhog Yumco羊卓雍错
- Yiliping Salt Lake一 里坪 盐湖 (Yiliping Yanhu)
- Yuncheng Salt Lake
- Zabuye (Zhabuye) Salt Lake ( Chabyêr Caka )
- Zhacang Salt Lake (Zhacang Caka)
Unsorted
- Chakayanchi Lake , Qaidam Basin , Qinghai
- Erling Lake , Qumalai County , Qinghai
- Riyuetan Lake , Nantou County , Taiwan
- Wudalianchi Lake , Dedou on Upper Bai He
- Yangzhuoyongcuo Lake (Baidi Lake), Tibet
Web links
- Lake Museum
- China, Lakes
- Culture China - Lakes
- Nazewnictwo geograficzne swiata (PDF file; 804 kB)
- Lakes in Tibet
- Brief Introduction of China's Major Lakes
- Lake status records from CHina (PDF file; 2.35 MB)