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Which city is Qinghai Lake in?

Qinghai Lake is in the northwest of Xining.

Qinghai Lake Scenic Area, located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, northwest of Xining City and south of gangcha county, is between 136km from downtown Xining, 99 36' ~100/6' east longitude and 36 32' ~ 3715' north latitude.

The elevation of Qinghai Lake is 3196m, the average water depth is18.6m, the deepest point is 32.8m, and the shoreline is 360km long. East-west length 106 km, north-south width 63 km, area 4583 square kilometers, water capacity 85.4 cubic kilometers. There is Haixin Mountain in the lake, surrounded by high mountains: Datong Mountain in the north, Sun Moon Mountain in the east, Nanshan Mountain in Qinghai in the south and Rubber Mountain in the west. The average temperature in the lake area in midsummer is only 15℃, which is a natural summer resort.

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The origin of the name of Qinghai Lake:

In Tibetan, the small water surface is called "Haizi" and the large water surface is called "Cuo". Qinghai Lake is called "Cuowenbu" (meaning "blue sea") in Tibetan. Qinghai Lake was called "West Sea" in ancient times, also known as "fresh water" or "fresh sea". Mongolian is called Kukunod, and Tibetan is called Cuobo, which means "blue sea" and "blue ocean".

Because Qinghai Lake area belonged to the pastoral area of Beihe Qiang earlier, it was also called "Beihe Qianghai" and "Hai Xian" in Han Dynasty. From the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was renamed as "Qinghai".

According to legend, more than 1000 years ago, Tang married Fan, and Princess Wencheng married Songzan Gambu, the king of Tubo. Before leaving, the king of Tang gave her a mirror that could reflect the scene of her hometown. On the way, the princess missed her hometown, so she took out the mirror of the sun and the moon and saw Chang 'an, her long-lost hometown.

Tears welled up in her eyes. However, the princess suddenly remembered her mission, and she threw out the mirror of the sun and the moon. Unexpectedly, when it landed, it flashed golden light and became Qinghai Lake.

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