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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.
Qinghai [a] is an inland province in Northwestern China. It is the largest province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xining. Qinghai borders Gansu on the northeast, Xinjiang on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region on the
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 ...
Qinghai Lake, the West Sea. The original Four Seas were a metaphor for the borders of pre-Han dynasty China. [1] Only two of the Four Seas were tied to real locations, the East Sea with the East China Sea and the South Sea with the South China Sea. [3] During the Han dynasty, wars with the Xiongnu brought them north to Lake Baikal. They ...
Location Area (Square Kilometer) Current Condition Qarhan Playa: 察尔汗干盐湖: Qinghai: 5856: Divided into smaller salt lakes Lop Nor: 罗布泊: Xinjiang: 5500: Dried up Kunteyi Salt Lake: 昆特依干盐湖: Qinghai
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Historically, Amdo and Kham together were also called Do Kham on maps and manuscripts. [5] Amdo encompasses the upper reaches of the Machu or Yellow River and Lake Qinghai. Its southern border is the Bayan Har Mountains. [6] The area is wind-swept and tree-less, with much grass. Animals of the region consist of the wild yak and the kiang.
Location Designation Image Kumbum Monastery: Ta'er si 塔尔寺: Huangzhong County 湟中县 1-111 Qutan Temple: Qutan si 瞿昙寺: Ledu County 乐都县 2-34 Machangyuan Site: Machangyuan yizhi 马厂塬遗址: Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County 民和县 3-191 Xihai Ancient City: Xihai jun gucheng yizhi 西海郡故城遗址: Haiyan County ...