Lake Dai

{{Short description|Lake in Inner Mongolia, China}} {{Stack begin}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Dai<br />岱海 | image = ISS023-E-21320 - View of Lake Dai.jpg | caption = View of lake taken during ISS Expedition 23 | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = {{nowrap|Liangcheng County,}} {{nowrap|Ulanqab Prefecture,}} {{nowrap|Inner Mongolia,}} China | coords = {{Coord|40.5681|N|112.6895|E|region:CN_type:waterbody|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | type = | inflow = |pushpin_map=Inner Mongolia | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = China | length = {{convert|25|km|sp=us|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|20|km|sp=us|abbr=on}} | area = {{convert|160|km2|sp=us|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|9|m|sp=us|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{convert|15|-|18|m|sp=us|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = }} {{infobox Chinese |c={{linktext|岱海}} |p=Dàihǎi |w=Tai Hai |l= }} {{stack end}} '''Lake Dai''', also known by its Chinese name '''Daihai''', is a lake in Liangcheng County, Ulanqab Prefecture, Inner Mongolia, China.

==Geography== Lake Dai is a round lake with an area of about {{convert|160|km2|sp=us|abbr=on}}, measuring about {{convert|25|km|sp=us}} from east to west and about {{convert|20|km|sp=us}} from north to south. It has an average depth of about {{convert|9|m|sp=us}} and a maximal depth of {{convert|15|-|18|m|sp=us}}.

==History== Under the Qin, Huangqi and Dai lakes formed the northern boundaries of Yanmen Commandery, marking part of the northern frontier of the Chinese empire.<ref name=bcgm>{{harvp|Li|2017|loc=s.v. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jUxeDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA339 "Yanmen"]}}.</ref>

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===Bibliography=== * {{citation |last=Li |first=Shizhen |author-mask=Li Shizhen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUxeDQAAQBAJ |title=Ben Cao Gang Mu Dictionary, ''Vol. II:'' Geographical and Administrative Designations |editor-last=Hua |editor-first=Linfu |editor-mask=Hua Linfu |editor2=Paul D. Buell |editor3=Paul U. Unschuld |editor4=Zhang Zhibin |display-editors=1 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |date=2017 |isbn=9780520291966 }}.

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