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The Most Beautiful Lakes in China
The Chinese National Geography magazine has
selected the five most beautiful lakes in China. They are: Qinghai Lake in West
China's Qinghai Province, Kanas Lake in West China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region, Namtso Lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Tianchi Lake in North
China's Jilin Province and West Lake in East China's Zhejiang Province.
Winners were selected on the basis of naturalness, beauty, clearness, variety
of species and uniqueness of culture.
Qinghai Lake
Area: 4,500 square kilometers; 3,200 meters above sea level
Qinghai means green lake in Chinese and this is the largest inland saltwater
lake in China. Lying in the northeast of Qinghai Province, approximately 150km
(193 miles) from Xining at 3,200 meters (10,500ft) above sea level, the lake
stretches endlessly into the horizon. It has an area of 4,635 sq km and is more
than 360km (220 miles) in circumference.
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