Why is Qinghai Lake a saltwater lake? Besides Qinghai Lake, what other saltwater lakes are there in the inland of China?

Because there is river water flowing into Qinghai Lake, but there is no river water flowing out, it is located on the plateau with strong evaporation, and salt deposition in the water leads to Qinghai Lake becoming a salty lake.

Besides Qinghai Lake, there are also salt lakes in Chinese mainland, such as Namtso Lake, Selin Lake, Wulungu Lake and Yangzhuoyong Lake.

1, Yongcuo, Yang Zhuo, five salt lakes in China.

Yang Zhuo Yongcuo, referred to as Yanghu for short, means Jasper Lake in Tibetan, which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. It is located in Langkazi County, Shannan region of Tibet, about 70 kilometers southwest of Lhasa. Yang Zhuo Yongcuo covers an area of 675 square kilometers, with an altitude of 444 1 m, an east-west length of 130 km, a north-south width of 70 km, a total length of 250 km and a depth of 20 m.

Yang Zhuo Yongcuo is known as the most beautiful water and beautiful scenery in the world. It is estimated that people who have been there can really appreciate it!

2. Lake Ulungu

Wulungu Lake, also known as Bulento Lake, Haizi Lake and Fuhai Lake, is located in Fuhai County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, and is the second largest fishery base in Xinjiang after Bosten Lake. The main water source of the lake comes from the Ulungu River, with an average depth of eight meters and an area of 753 square kilometers.

The charm of Lake Ulungu lies in its marine heritage and rich marine fish in and outside the famous area. I don't know when I will realize it.

3. Namtso

Located in central Xizang Autonomous Region, Namtso is the second largest lake in Tibet and the third largest saltwater lake in China. Its altitude is 47 18m, its shape is almost rectangular, its length from east to west is over 70km, its width from north to south is over 30km, and its area is over 1920km. The deepest point of Namtso exceeds 1.20m, and the water storage capacity is 76.8 billion cubic meters, which is the highest in the world.

Namco is an eco-tourism area dominated by natural scenery, and was selected as one of the five most beautiful lakes in China by the chinese national geography Beauty Contest.

4.Selinchuo

Selin Cuo, which means the devil lake reflecting light in Tibetan, was once named Qilin Lake and Selin Dongcuo. It is the largest lake in Tibet and the second largest saltwater lake in China. Selinchuo is located at the junction of Shenzha, Bango and Nima counties in Xizang Autonomous Region, at the northern foot of Gangdise Mountain and north of Shenzha County. The lake is 4530 meters above sea level, and its long axis extends from east to west, with a length of 77.7 kilometers and a maximum width of 45.5 kilometers.

Selincoo was not the largest lake in Tibet before, but it gradually expanded with the change of time. From 1976 to 2009, the total area of Selincoo Lake has expanded by 656.64 square kilometers! There is almost a lake in Yongcuo, Yang Zhuo!

5. Qinghai Lake

Qinghai Lake, also known as "Cuowumbu", which means "blue sea" in Tibetan, is located in the Qinghai Lake Basin in the northwest of Qinghai Province. It is not only the largest inland lake in China, but also the largest saltwater lake in China! Qinghai Lake covers an area of 4,400 square kilometers, with a water volume of 73.9 billion cubic meters, the longest is about 104 kilometers, the widest is about 62 kilometers, and the maximum water depth is 3 1.4 meters.

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Baijiahao Baijiahao [reference time 2018-1-17]