There are many lakes in China, which can be divided into saltwater lakes and freshwater lakes. The top ten famous lakes are listed as follows according to their area:
1. Qinghai Lake
It is the largest inland lake and the largest saltwater lake in my country. It is vast, ethereal and magnificent. It is a huge treasure mirror bestowed by nature on the Qinghai Plateau, covering an area of ??4435.69 square kilometers.
2. Poyang Lake
It is one of the seven important wetlands in the world and the largest throughput freshwater lake in my country, with an area of ??3960 square kilometers.
3. Dongting Lake
Located on the south bank of Jingjiang River, in the north of Hunan Province, between Hunan and Hubei provinces, it is a vast area and one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China, with an area of ??2579.2 square thousand. rice.
4. Taihu Lake
In ancient times, it was called Zhenze, also known as the Five Lakes. It is the third largest freshwater lake in my country, with 48 large and small islands, 72 peaks, and an area of ??more than 2,445 square kilometers.
5. Hongze Lake
Hongze Lake is located in the west of Hongze County, Jiangsu Province. It developed on the alluvial plain in the middle reaches of the Huaihe River. It was originally a depression with poor water drainage, and later accumulated water. The water forms many small lakes. In the Qin and Han Dynasties of our country, they were called "Fuling" lakes. Among them, Hongze Lake is the largest, covering an area of ??2069.00 square kilometers.
6. Hulun Lake
Hulun Lake, also known as Lunchi and Dalai Lake, is the fifth largest lake in China and the largest lake in Inner Mongolia. The lake is 93 kilometers long, with a maximum width of 41 kilometers, an average width of 32 kilometers, a circumference of 447 kilometers, and an area of ??2,043 square kilometers.
7. Namtso Lake
Located between Damxung County and Bangor County in Tibet, the lake has an altitude of 4,718 meters. It is the highest lake in the world with an area of ??1,940 square meters. kilometer.
8. Serinco Lake
It is the second largest saltwater lake in the northern Tibetan grassland after Namtso. It is also the junction of Shenzha, Nyima and Bangor counties. It covers an area of ??more than 1,800 square kilometers.
9. Bosten Lake
Located in Bohu County, southeast of the Yanqi Basin, it is the largest inland freshwater huff and puff lake in China. Bosten Nur, meaning "standing" in Mongolian, is named after three mountains standing in the middle of the lake, covering an area of ??988 square kilometers.
10. Nansi Lake
Nansi Lake is the general name of the four lakes Zhaoyang, Dushan, Nanyang and Weishan Lake. It is located at the junction of Sulu and Shandong. Nansi Lake stretches from north to south. About 120 km, with an average width of 5.2 km from east to west, and an area of ??762.5 square kilometers.