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)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ma, R., Yang, G., Duan, H., Jiang, J., Wang, S., Feng, X., ... & Li, S. (2011). China's lakes at present: number, area and spatial distribution. Science China Earth Sciences, 54 (2), 283-289. ( PDF )