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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 Lake (青海湖; qīnghǎi hú) is another tourist attraction, albeit further from Xining than Kumbum Monastery (Ta'er Si). The lake is the largest saltwater lake in China, and is also located on the "Roof of the World", the Tibetan Plateau. The lake itself lies at 3,600 m elevation.
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 ...
Ao Run is the patron of Qinghai Lake and could be linked to the White Tiger as both are Chinese western gods. His brothers are Ao Guang , the Dragon King of the East Sea , Ao Qin, the Dragon King of the South Sea , and Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the North Sea .
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 ...
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.
Site Chinese name 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
Chaka Salt Lake (Chinese: 茶卡盐湖; pinyin: Chákǎ Yánhú; Standard Tibetan: ཚྭ་ཁ་མཚོ་) is a salt lake in Ulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The oval-shaped lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin , 298 kilometres (185 mi) to the west of the provincial capital Xining . [ 3 ]