There are several inland lakes in China

There are many, but there is no specific number. The famous ones are Qinghai Lake, Lop Nur, Namtso, Yamdrok Lake, Manasarovar Lake, Serin Lake, and Bosten Lake.

An inland lake refers to a lake that is located at the tail end of a river or forms an independent water collection area, and the lake water does not leak into the sea. China's inland lakes are mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet's inland areas, such as Qinghai Lake, Lop Nur, etc. The area is far away from the ocean and has a dry climate. The water balance characteristics are: the recharge part is mainly runoff into the lake, and the loss part is mainly lake surface evaporation. Some lakes have zero outflow. Almost all the water in the closed lake has been evaporated.

China’s inland lakes are mainly distributed in Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu and Qinghai and the inland areas of Tibet, such as Qinghai Lake, Lop Nur, etc. The area is far away from the ocean and has a dry climate. The water balance characteristics are: the recharge part is mainly The loss part of the runoff into the lake is mainly lake surface evaporation. The outflow of some lakes is zero. Almost all the water in the closed lake is evaporated. The water level changes of inland lakes are also affected by the water regime of the rivers entering the lake, which corresponds to the spring flow of inland rivers. , summer flood season, lakes have high water levels. The water recharge coefficient of inland lakes is small, and the water level fluctuation range within the year is usually less than 1 meter.

Because the throughput of inland lakes is small, their role in regulating runoff is also limited. Smaller, or even none. At the same time, some inland lakes have small recharge and strong evaporation, causing the lake water to gradually concentrate, forming saltwater lakes or salt lakes. Due to drought and the increase in upstream water consumption, the amount of water entering the lake has decreased, and many inland lakes have shrunk or even dried up, such as The famous Juyan Lake and Lop Nur have long since dried up.

Qinghai Lake is also known as "Cuowenbu", which means "blue sea" in Tibetan. Located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai Province, China, it is the largest lake in China, as well as the largest saltwater lake and inland lake in China. It was formed by the collapse of the fault between Datong Mountain, Riyue Mountain and Qinghai Nanshan in the Qilian Mountains. Haixin Mountain and Bird Island in Qinghai Lake are both tourist attractions.

On July 30, 2012, remote sensing monitoring results from the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Meteorological Science showed that the area of ??Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland saltwater lake, has continued to increase for eight years. At 9:50 on October 20, 2014, a spectacular scene of "dragon sucking water" appeared on the north side of Haixin Mountain in Qinghai Lake.