Which province and city is Qinghai Lake in?

Qinghai Lake is in Xining City, Qinghai Province.

Qinghai Lake is the largest inland lake and the largest saltwater lake in China, with an area of more than 4,400 square kilometers and an altitude of more than 3,260 meters, which is 1000 meters higher than the ancient city of Xining. The climate here is cool.

Qinghai Lake was formed by fault subsidence among Datong Mountain, Sun Moon Mountain and Nanshan Mountain in Qilian Mountain. Qinghai Lake is located in the northeast of Qinghai Plateau. The main scenic spots around the lake are Sun Moon Mountain, Daotang River, Mugou Rock Painting in the lake, Rubber Mountain, Chaka Salt Lake, Chaka Temple, Fuai Ancient City, Bird Island, Haixinshan, North Xiangyang Ancient City, Shebuji Rock Painting, Gahai Ancient City, Jinyintan Grassland, Xihai Town, atomic city, Shadao and Triangle City of Xihai County.

Qinghai Lake water system:

The recharge source of Qinghai Lake is river water, followed by spring water and precipitation at the bottom of the lake. There are more than 70 rivers around the lake, which are obviously asymmetrical. There are many rivers in Hubei, northwest and southwest, with large basin area and many tributaries; There are few rivers in the southeast and south bank of the lake, and the basin area is small.

Buha River is the largest river that flows into the lake. It originates from Niniku Mountain in A Mu, a branch of Qilian Mountain, with a total length of about 300 kilometers, a main stream of 92 kilometers, dozens of tributaries and more than 0 tributaries/kloc-0. The downstream channel is about 50 ~ 100 meters wide and about 1 ~ 3 meters deep. The basin area is 16570 km2, accounting for 1/2 of the basin area in the lake area. Annual runoff11.200 million cubic meters, accounting for 60% of the runoff into the lake.

There are more than 40 rivers in Qinghai Lake, mainly including Buha River, Liusha River, Uhalan River and Hargeer River. The annual runoff of these four rivers reaches1610.2 billion cubic meters, accounting for 86% of the runoff into the lake. This is the place where fish migrate and lay eggs and birds are concentrated.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qinghai Lake