{{Infobox body of water | name = Dongling Lake |native_name ={{native name|zh|东陵湖}} | image = Dongling Lake 2017-11-03 Sentinel-2 L2A True color.jpg | caption = Sentinel-2 image (2017) | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Golmud County<br />Haixi Prefecture<br />Qinghai Province<br />China | coords = {{coord|37|17|58|N|94|49|19.5|E|region:CN-63_type:waterbody_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | pushpin_map = Qinghai | type = Endorheic saline lake | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = China | length = | width = | area = {{convert|7.2|sqkm|sp=us|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|2690.3|m|sp=us|abbr=on}} | islands = | cities = | reference = }} {{chinese |pic=File:Sanhu.jpg |piccap=The Sanhu Depression in 2014, with Dongling Lake in the SE north of Dabusun Lake (ESA) |t= {{linktext|東陵|湖}} |s={{linktext|东陵|湖}} |p=Dōnglíng Hú |w=Tung-ling Hu |l= }} '''Dongling Lake'''<ref name=jung>{{harvp|Zheng|1997|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=NvD-RMX58cIC&pg=PA16 16]}}</ref>{{sfnp|Yu & al.|2009|pp=1–2}}{{efn|Misspelled "Donglin" in Spencer & al.,{{sfnp|Spencer & al.|1990|p=396}} Lowenstein & al.,{{sfnp|Lowenstein & al.|2009|pp=75–76}} and others}} is a lake in the Qarhan Playa north of Golmud in the Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province in northwestern China. Like the other lakes of the surrounding Qaidam Basin, it is extremely saline.
== Geography == Dongling Lake lies on the north edge of the Qarhan Playa at an elevation of {{convert|2690.3|m|sp=us|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name=jung /> It has an area of {{convert|7.2|sqkm|abbr=on|sp=us}}.<ref name=jung /> Its depth does not usually exceed {{convert|1|m|sp=us|abbr=on}}.{{sfnp|Yu & al.|2009|p=62}}
Dongling's position at the northern end of the playa means that its waters are far more influenced by the mineral springs and their high concentrations of solutes.{{sfnp|Spencer & al.|1990|pp=398–399}}
== See also == * Qarhan Playa & Qaidam Basin * List of lakes and saltwater lakes of China
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== References == === Citations === {{reflist|30em}}
=== Bibliography === * {{citation |last=Lowenstein |first=Timothy K. |author2=François Risacher |display-authors=1 |contribution-url=https://www.academia.edu/34370834/Closed_Basin_Brine_Evolution_and_the_Influence_of_Ca_Cl_Inflow_Waters_Death_Valley_and_Bristol_Dry_Lake_California_Qaidam_Basin_China_and_Salar_de_Atacama_Chile |contribution=Closed Basin Brine Evolution and the Influence of Ca–Cl Inflow Waters: Death Valley and Bristol Dry Lake, California, Qaidam Basin, China, and Salar de Atacama, Chile |title=Aquatic Geochemistry |date=2009 |volume=15 |pages=71–94 |doi=10.1007/s10498-008-9046-z |publisher=Springer |s2cid=129168176 |ref={{harvid|Lowenstein & al.|2009}} }}. * {{citation |last=Spencer |first=Ronald James |author2=Timothy K. Lowenstein |author3=Enrique Casas |author4=Zhang Pengxi |display-authors=1 |contribution=Origin of Potash Salts and Brines in the Qaidam Basin, China |contribution-url=https://www.geochemsoc.org/files/2314/1261/1778/SP-2_395-408_Spencer.pdf |title=Fluid-Mineral Interactions: A Tribute to H.P. Eugster |series=Special Publication No. 2 |date=1990 |publisher=Geochemical Society |editor=Ronald James Spencer |editor2=Chou I-ming |display-editors=0 |ref={{harvid|Spencer & al.|1990}} }}. * {{citation |author-mask=Yu Shengsong |url=http://www.ecsponline.com/yz/BA45BE448F31F4AF0AB53801A7217FDF5000.pdf |script-title=zh:察尔汗盐河资源: 可持续利用研究 |title=Chá'ěrhán Yánhé Zīyuán: Kěchíxù Lìyòng Yánjiū |trans-title=Qarhan Playa Resources: A Study of Sustainable Use |last=Yu |first=Shengsong |author2=Tan Hongbing |author3=Liu XIngqi |author4=Cao Guangchao |publisher=Kexue Chubanshe |language=zh |location=Beijing |date=2009 |display-authors=1 |ref={{harvid|Yu & al.|2009}} }}. * {{citation |last=Zheng |first=Mianping |author-mask=Zheng Mianping |title=An Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFz-CAAAQBAJ |publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers |location=Dordrecht |date=1997 |isbn=9789401154581 }}.
Category:Lakes of China Category:Lakes of Qinghai Category:Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture