{{Short description|Lake in Qinghai, China}} {{infobox body of water | name = Lake Hala | image = HalaHu 252312838 fd14e10f7a o.jpg | caption = Lake Hala in the Qilian Shan | location = {{China}}, Qinghai | coordinates = {{coord|38|18|N|97|36|E|type:landmark_region:CN|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = China Qinghai | inflow = | outflow = no | islands = | cities = | elevation = {{convert|4078|m|ft|abbr=on}} | area = {{convert|596|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | length = | width = | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|65|m|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = | shore = }} '''Lake Hala''' (also: '''Hala Hu''', '''Har Hu'''), is a closed lake located at 4078m above sea level in the Qilian mountains, at the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai Province, China.
Its surface area is 596 km<sup>2</sup>. It is a brackish lake with a salinity of ca 1.8% (18 psu). The shore zone is relatively shallow, while the maximum depth at the center of the lake is 65 m. The lake catchment is a basin of 4690 km<sup>2</sup> without an outflow. The highest surrounding mountains (Shule Nanshan north of the lake), exceed 5800 m above sea level.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wünnemann |first1=Bernd |last2=Wagner |first2=Johannes |last3=Zhang |first3=Yongzhan |last4=Yan |first4=Dada |last5=Wang |first5=Rong |last6=Shen |first6=Yan |last7=Fang |first7=Xiaoyu |last8=Zhang |first8=Jiawu |date=2012 |title=Implications of diverse sedimentation patterns in Hala Lake, Qinghai Province, China for reconstructing Late Quaternary climate |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236593842 |journal=Journal of Paleolimnology |language=en |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=725–749 |doi=10.1007/s10933-012-9641-2|s2cid=129834112 }}</ref>
Due to the influence of the surrounding glaciers, the water level of the lake and its ecosystem reacts sensitively to meltwater pulses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yan |first1=Dada |last2=Wünnemann |first2=Bernd |date=2014 |title=Late Quaternary water depth changes in Hala Lake, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, derived from ostracod assemblages and sediment properties in multiple sediment records |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379114001619 |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |language=en |volume=95 |pages=95–114 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.04.030|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Aichner |first1=Bernhard |last2=Wünnemann |first2=Bernd |last3=Callegaro |first3=Alice |last4=van der Meer |first4=Marcel T. J. |last5=Yan |first5=Dada |last6=Zhang |first6=Yongzhan |last7=Barbante |first7=Carlo |last8=Sachse |first8=Dirk |date=2022 |title=Asynchronous responses of aquatic ecosystems to hydroclimatic forcing on the Tibetan Plateau |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00325-1 |journal=Communications Earth & Environment |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=3 |doi=10.1038/s43247-021-00325-1|s2cid=245830274 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Category:Lakes of Qinghai Category:Qinghai Category:Lakes of China Category:Tibetan Plateau