The Eight Great Lakes are the Eight Great Lakes

China's top ten lakes

No. 1 Qinghai Lake

Qinghai Lake is the largest inland lake and the largest saltwater lake in my country. It is vast, ethereal, and magnificent. It is a huge treasure mirror bestowed by nature on the Qinghai Plateau. Qinghai Lake was called "West Sea" in ancient times, also known as "Fresh Water" or "Fresh Sea". The Tibetan language calls it "Cuowenbo", which means "blue lake"; the Mongolian language calls it "Kukunuoer", which means "blue ocean". Since the Qinghai Lake area previously belonged to the pastureland of the Beihe people, it is also called "...

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Second Poyang Lake in Jiangxi

Poyang Lake in Jiangxi is one of the seven important wetlands in the world and the largest throughput freshwater lake in my country. It is of great significance to biodiversity protection, Yangtze River flood regulation and Yangtze River water resources management. The wetland destruction in Duyang Lake is the result of long-term human activities. After the historic flood in 1998, the Poyang Lake area implemented wetland restoration policies such as "leveling embankments to divert floods, returning farmland to lakes, and relocating people to build towns." With the support of national immigration and town building funds...

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Third Dongting Lake

Dongting Lake is located in Jingjiang The south bank, in the north of Hunan Province, borders Hunan and Hubei provinces. It has a vast area and is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China. Dongting Lake has three mouths connected to the Yangtze River in the north, and the Xiang, Zi, Yuan and Li rivers flow into it in the south. The third geographical feature of Hunan. Dongting Lake is like a huge reservoir, which contains the water of the four rivers in Hunan and plays the role of handling the floods of the Yangtze River. The Dongting Lake area in Hunan is customarily divided into the four rivers of Xiang, Zi, Yuan and Li. The areas protected by embankments are all...

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Fourth place Taihu Lake

Taihu Lake was called Zhenze in ancient times, also known as Wuhu is the third largest freshwater lake in my country, with an area of ??more than 2,000 square kilometers, 48 ??large and small islands, and 72 peaks. The mountains and rivers here are interdependent and the layers are rich, forming a picture of "green mountains outside the lake, lakes outside the mountains, and peaks clustered with caves and springs." It is a natural picture of "cloth". While admiring the beautiful and delicious scenery of Taihu Lake, you can also visit Jiangcai's famous mountains and gardens and explore the history. The east, north, and west coasts of Taihu Lake and the islands in the lake are the birthplaces of Wuyue culture. There are a large number of...

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The fifth place Zehu

The beautiful and rich Hongze Lake nurtures the four districts (Qinghe, Qingpu, Chuzhou, Huaiyin) and four counties (Lianshui, Hongze, Xuyi, Jinhu) of Huai'an, and the second district of Suqian (Sucheng District, Suyu District) three counties (Shuyang, Siyang, Sihong). Hongze Lake is located in the west of Hongze County, Jiangsu Province. It developed on the alluvial plain in the middle reaches of the Huaihe River. It was originally a depression with poor water drainage, and later accumulated water to form many small lakes. In the Qin and Han Dynasties of our country, they were called "Fuling" lakes. Among them, Hongze Lake is the most...

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Sixth place Hulun Lake in Inner Mongolia

Hulun Lake in Inner Mongolia Lun Lake has a radius of 800 miles and vast expanse of blue waves. It is like a huge crystal pearl embedded in the Hulunbuir grassland. Hulun Lake, also known as Lunchi and Dalai Lake, is the fifth largest lake in China and the largest lake in Inner Mongolia. It is located between New Barhu Left Banner, New Barhu Right Banner and Manzhouli City in the west of Hulunbuir Grassland, with 117°00′10″～117°41′40″ east longitude and 48°30′40″～49°20′40″ north latitude. ...

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The seventh Namtso Lake

Namtso Lake is located in Damxung County, Tibet and Ban Between Ge County and Ge County, the lake covers an area of ??1,940 square kilometers and has an altitude of 4,718 meters. It is the largest lake with the highest altitude in the world. Namtso is also a famous Buddhist holy place in Tibet and one of the three "holy lakes" in Tibet. The Year of the Sheep in the Tibetan Calendar is the traditional year of Tibetan Buddhism to worship Namtso and go to Namtso Lake. Since the first month of the Year of the Sheep in 2003, there has been an endless stream of Tibetan people from various Tibetan areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau rushing to Namtso Lake. By 20...

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Eighth Serinco Lake

Selinco Lake is the only lake in the northern Tibetan grassland. The second largest saltwater lake after Namtso, it covers an area of ??more than 1,800 square kilometers. It is also the junction of Shenzha, Nyima and Bangor counties. Looking from a distance, the lake surface is blue and the mountains are looming in the distance. The highway is only ten kilometers away from the lake, but there is no way to get close to her. There were many swamps around the lake, so we didn’t dare to take risks. It wasn’t until sunset in the afternoon that we were lucky enough to rest on the grassland by the lake. Perhaps it was because of its beauty that we stopped in a hurry...

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The ninth Bosten Lake

Bosten Lake was called "Western Sea" in ancient times and "Fish Sea" in Tang Dynasty. It was named Bosten Lake in the mid-Qing Dynasty and is located in Bohu County, southeast of Yanqi Basin. Within the territory, it is the largest inland freshwater lake in China. Bosten Nur, which means "standing" in Mongolian, is named after three mountains in the center of the lake standing in the lake.

Bosten Lake is 14 kilometers away from Bohu County and 24 kilometers away from Yanqi County. The lake is 1,048 meters above sea level, 55 kilometers long from east to west, and 25 kilometers wide from north to south. It is slightly triangular in shape. The large lake...

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Tenth Nansi Lake

Nansi Lake Nansi Lake is the general name of Zhaoyang, Dushan, Nanyang and Weishan Lake, located at the junction of Sulu Nansi Lake has a total length of about 120 km from north to south, an average width of 5.2 km from east to west, and a drainage area of ??31,700 km2. Superior lakes generally have a low elevation of 32.5m, a normal water storage level of 34.5m, a water storage area of ??600 km2, a design flood level of 36.5m, and a corresponding volume of 2.31 billion m3.

Lower level lake, general lake, low elevation 31...

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