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Four Major Plateaus  Basins  Plains  Main Mountain Range 

Rivers  Lakes  Land Characteristics  Natural Conditions

Lakes 

    

        

 

China has lots of lakes, with more than 2,800 natural lakes each having a surface area of over 1 square km. There are also a large number of artificial lakes (reservoirs). With different salt content, the lakes are classified as saltwater and freshwater lakes.

 

 

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Lakes in China

 

Name

Location

Area (sq. km)

Elevation (meter)

Depth (meter)

Water quality

Qinghai Lake

Qinghai

4,583

3,196

32.8

Saltwater

Poyang Lake

Jiangxi

3,583

21

16

Freshwater

Dongting Lake

Hunan

2,820

34.5

30.8

Freshwater

Taihu Lake

Jiangsu

2,425

3.14

3.33

Freshwater

Hulun Nur

Inner Mongolia

2,315

539

8

Freshwater

Hongze Lake

Jiangsu

1,960

12.25

4.75

Freshwater

Namco Lake

Tibet

1,920

4,718

 

Saltwater

Weishan Lake

Shandong

664

33

 

Freshwater