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This is a '''list of lakes of China'''. {{Location map+|China|relief=1|float=right|width=600|places= {{Location map~|China|label=Poyang Lake|lat_deg=29|lat_min=10|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=116|lon_min=13||lon_dir=E|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~|China|label=Dongting Lake|lat_deg=28|lat_min=38|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=112|lon_min=57||lon_dir=E|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~|China|label=Lake Tai|lat_deg=31|lat_min=10|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=120|lon_min=09||lon_dir=E|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~|China|label=Hongze Lake|lat_deg=33|lat_min=0|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=118|lon_min=30||lon_dir=E|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~|China|label=Chao Lake|lat_deg=31|lat_min=32|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=117|lon_min=32||lon_dir=E|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~|China|label=Hulun Lake|lat_deg=48.2|lat_min=27|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=117|lon_min=26||lon_dir=E|mark= Cyan pog.svg|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|China|label=Lake Xingkai|lat_deg=45|lat_min=0|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=132|lon_min=25||lon_dir=E|mark= Cyan pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~|China|label=Nansi Lake|lat_deg=34.2|lat_min=40|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=117.6|lon_min=20||lon_dir=E|mark=Cyan pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~|China|label=Bosten Lake|lat_deg=42|lat_min=0|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=87|lon_min=0||lon_dir=E|mark=Cyan pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~|China|label=Qinghai Lake|lat_deg=36|lat_min=57|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=100|lon_min=16||lon_dir=E|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~|China|label=Namtso|lat_deg=29.4|lat_min=92|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=90|lon_min=33||lon_dir=E|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~|China|label=Siling Lake|lat_deg=31|lat_min=45|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=88|lon_min=59||lon_dir=E|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~|China|label=Ulungur Lake|lat_deg=47|lat_min=16|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=87|lon_min=17||lon_dir=E|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~|China|label=Yamdrok Lake|lat_deg=28|lat_min=56|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=90|lon_min=41||lon_dir=E|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~|China|label=Lop Nor|lat_deg=40|lat_min=10|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=90|lon_min=35||lon_dir=E|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~|China|label=Dabusun Lake|lat_deg=36.5|lat_min=31.5|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=95|lon_min=51.5||lon_dir=E|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~|China|label=Kunteyi Lake|lat_deg=38|lat_min=52|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=93|lon_min=5||lon_dir=E|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~|China|label=Manas Lake|lat_deg=45|lat_min=48|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=85|lon_min=58||lon_dir=E|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=left}} |caption=The five largest saltwater (Red ones are the largest five, orange ones are the dried ones) and fresh water lakes (Blue ones are the traditional five-large-lakes, cyan ones are those that are supposed to be in the largest five) in China }}
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Lake ! Provincial level division ! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) ! Water |---- | Aibi Lake | Xinjiang | 36 | Saline |---- | Ailik Lake | Xinjiang | 50 | Saline |---- | Ayding Lake | Xinjiang |176 | Dried Salt Bed |---- | Bosten Lake | Xinjiang | 1000 | Fresh |---- | Chaiwopu Lake | Xinjiang | 28 | Fresh |---- | Chang Lake | Hubei | 131 | Fresh |---- | Chao Lake | Anhui | 775 | Fresh |---- | Dabiele Lake | Qinghai | 7.4 | Saline |---- | Dabusun Lake | Qinghai | 184–334 | Saline |---- | Daye Lake | Hubei | 54.7 | Fresh |---- | Lake Dai | Inner Mongolia | 160 | |---- | Dian Lake | Yunnan | 298 | Fresh |---- | Dagze Lake | Tibet | 245 | Saline |---- | Dianshan Lake | Shanghai | | Fresh |---- | Dongqian Lake | Zhejiang | 20 | Fresh |- |Donggi Cona |Qinghai |229 |Fresh |---- | Dongting Lake | Hunan | 2691 | Fresh |---- | East Lake | Hubei | 33 | Fresh |---- | Erhai Lake | Yunnan | 256.5 | Fresh |---- | Futou Lake | Hubei | 161 | Fresh |---- | Gaoyou Lake | Anhui and Jiangsu | 674.7 | Fresh |---- | Heaven Lake (Tianchi) | Jilin and North Korea | 4.9 | Fresh |- |Hala Hu |Qinghai |596 |Brackish |---- | Lake Heihai | Qinghai | | |---- | Hong Lake | Hubei | 348 | Fresh |---- | Hongze Lake | Jiangsu | 1663.32 | Fresh |---- | Houguan Lake | Hubei | | Fresh |---- | Lake Huangqi | Inner Mongolia | 110 | |---- | Hulun Lake | Inner Mongolia | 2339 | Fresh |- |Karakol |Xinjiang |4.8 |Fresh |---- | Liangzi Lake | Hubei | 370.0 | Fresh |---- | Longgan Lake | Hubei | 316.2 | Fresh |---- | Lu Lake | Hubei | 40.2 | Fresh |---- | Lumajangdong | Tibet | | |---- | Lugu Lake | Sichuan and Yunnan | 48.5 | Fresh |---- | Luoma Lake | Jiangsu | | Fresh |---- | Manas Lake | Xinjiang | | salt |---- | Namtso | Tibet | 1920 | Saline |---- | Nansi Lake | Shandong | 1266 | Fresh |---- | Niushan Lake (part of Liangzi Lake) | Hubei | 57.2 | Fresh |---- | North Hulsan Lake | Qinghai | 0–90.4 | Saline |---- | Pangong Tso | Tibet | 700 | Saline |---- | Poyang Lake | Jiangxi | 3206.98 | Fresh |---- | Qiandao Lake | Zhejiang | 573 | Fresh |---- | Qinghai Lake (Koko Nor) | Qinghai | 4340 | Saline |---- |Siling Lake | Tibet |1865 | Saline |---- |South Lake | Hubei |5 | Saline |---- | South Dongting Lake | Hunan | | Fresh |---- | South Hulsan Lake (Nanhuobuxun) | Qinghai | 33.41 | Saline |---- | Suli Lake (Senie) | Qinghai | 69-85 | Saline |---- | Sun Moon Lake | Taiwan | 7.93 | Fresh |---- | Lake Tai | Jiangsu and Zhejiang | 2537.17 | Fresh |---- | Tangxun Lake | Hubei | 47.6 | Fresh |---- | Tuanjie Lake | Qinghai | 6 | Saline |- |Ulungur Lake |Xinjiang |827 |Saline |---- | West Lake | Zhejiang | 5.6 | Fresh |---- | West Dabusun Lake (Xidabuxun) | Qinghai | 0–30 | Saline |---- | Wu Lake | Hubei | 21.2 | Fresh |---- | Xiaobiele Lake | Qinghai | 6.3 | Saline |---- | Xiezuo Lake | Qinghai | 17 | Saline |---- | Xiliang Lake | Hubei | 85.2 | Fresh |---- | Xingkai Lake | Heilongjiang and Russia (Amur Oblast) | 4070 | Fresh |---- | Ya'er Lake | Hubei | 18.0 | Fresh |---- | Yangcheng Lake | Jiangsu | 20 | Fresh |---- | Yandong Lake | Hubei | | Fresh |---- | Yanxi Lake | Hubei | 11.8 | Fresh |---- | Yezhi Lake | Hubei | 2.06 | Fresh |---- | Zhangdu Lake | Hubei | 280 | Fresh |---- |}
==See also== {{Portal|China|Geography|Lakes}} *List of saltwater lakes of China *Five Lakes (China) *Lake Tianchi Monster
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110204212446/http://hangzhouwestlake.com/ Hangzhou West Lake description, photo gallery and maps] *https://web.archive.org/web/20030808171438/http://www.hceis.com/ChinaBasic/Lakes/Lakes%20of%20China.htm
Category:Lists of lakes of China