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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.
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 ...
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 ...
This list is of Major Sites Protected for their Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level in the Province of Qinghai, People's Republic of China. [1] [2] [3
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.
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