Opening hours of Qinghai Lake 2023

The opening time of Qinghai Lake in 2023 is April 5.

Based on the analysis of environmental satellite remote sensing monitoring data in China on April 5th, it is shown that except for a small amount of floating ice near Tiebuka Bay and Haixi Island in the southwest of Qinghai Lake, lake ice began to melt in a large area, exceeding 10% of the total lake area. It is understood that the opening date of the lake this year is delayed by 16 days compared with 2022. According to the forecast of Qinghai Meteorological Observatory, there is still 6-7 gale weather in Qinghai Lake area, and the temperature rises steadily, which is conducive to the melting of lake ice. It is expected that the ice in Qinghai Lake will melt completely in mid-April.

As the largest inland lake in China, Qinghai Lake is located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is an important water conservation area and water vapor circulation channel in the western region. It is also a valuable species gene bank on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which plays an important role in maintaining the ecosystem balance in northwest China.

Qinghai lake landscape

Bird Island, also known as Xiaoxi Mountain or Bird Egg Island, covers an area of 0.27 square kilometers. From April to August every year, spotted geese and brown-headed gulls inhabit and breed here. Because birds lay eggs intensively, their eggs cover almost the whole island, hence the name Egg Island. Haixipi, also known as Cormorant Island, is about 2 kilometers away from Egg Island. In the east, there is a cliff near the lake. Outside the cliff, there is an approximately circular rock standing in the lake, more than 30 meters away from the lake. This is the breeding ground of cormorants. The existing plank road goes directly to the top of Haixipi Island, and visitors can walk for sightseeing.

Sanshi, also known as Gushan, is said to be the place where Erlang God buried the pot to cook during the war with the Monkey King. Located in the southwest of Qinghai Lake, 8 kilometers from Hunan and 20 kilometers from Bird Island. The three stones are composed of reefs, gravel beaches and sand ridges. This is the "rear area" for the life and reproduction of Bird Island in Qinghai Lake. The total number of cormorants and gulls exceeds 20,000. Sankuai Stone and its surrounding waters of 500 meters are the core areas of the reserve and are strictly protected.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qinghai Lake