Xingyun Lake

Xingyun Lake (simplified Chinese: 星云湖; traditional Chinese: 星雲湖; pinyin: Xīngyún Hú) also known as Jiangchuan Sea (Chinese: 江川海子; pinyin: Jiāngchuān Hǎizi), is a plateau lake in Yunnan Province, China. The Xingyun Lake and the Fuxian Lake are separated by a mountain and linked by a river.[1] The lake has a total area of about 34.71 square kilometers. The average depth is 5.3 m, with an elevation of 1722 m. the water storage capacity is about 1.84×108m3.[2]

Xingyun Lake
Jiangchuan Sea
Location of the lake in Yunnan
Location of the lake in Yunnan
Xingyun Lake
Coordinates24°20′N 102°47′E
Catchment area378 km2 (146 sq mi)
Basin countriesChina
Max. length10.5 km (7 mi)
Max. width5.8 km (4 mi)
Surface area34.71 km2 (0 sq mi)
Average depth5.3 m (17 ft)
Max. depth11 m (36 ft)
Water volume184×10^6 m3 (6.5×10^9 cu ft)
Surface elevation1,722 m (5,650 ft)
SettlementsJiangchuan County

Notes

  1. www.chinaculture.org Archived August 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 383. ISBN 7-03-006706-1.
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