1, Poyang Lake
Poyang Lake, located in Jiangxi Province, is one of the seven important wetlands in the world, the largest freshwater lake in China and the largest freshwater lake in China. This is of great significance to biodiversity protection, flood storage and water resources management in the Yangtze River. Poyang Lake is 173 km long from north to south, 74 km wide from east to west, with an average width of 16.9 km and a coastline length of 1200 km, with a lake area of 3,283 square kilometers (the water level at the mouth of the lake is 2 1.7 1 m) and an average water depth of 8.4.
2. Dongting Lake
Dongting Lake is located on the south bank of Jingjiang River, in the north of Hunan Province, between Hunan and Hubei provinces, and is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China. Dongting Lake has three ports connected with the Yangtze River, and Hunan, Guizhou, Yuanshui and Lijiang River flow into it in the south.
3. Taihu Lake
Taihu Lake, called Zhenze in ancient times, is also called the Five Lakes. It is the third largest freshwater lake in China, with a surface area of more than 2,000 square kilometers, 48 islands and 72 peaks. Here, mountains and rivers are interdependent, with rich levels, forming a natural picture of "Qingshan Lake outside the mountain, Dai Feng Congdong Spring".
4. Hongze Lake
Hongze Lake is located in the west of Hongze County, Jiangsu Province, and developed on the alluvial plain in the middle reaches of Huaihe River. It used to be a depression with poor drainage, but later the accumulated water became many small lakes. During the Qin and Han Dynasties in China, they were called "Fuling" lakes. Among them, Hongze Lake is the largest, covering an area of 2,069 square kilometers, and it is the fourth largest freshwater lake among the five largest freshwater lakes in China. Hongze Lake is a shallow lake with a water depth of less than 4 meters and a maximum water depth of 5.5 meters. The source of lake water, besides atmospheric precipitation, mainly depends on river water. Rivers flowing into Hongze Lake are concentrated in the west of the lake, including Huaihe River, He Sui River, Bianhe River and Anhe River. Sanhe and Subei irrigation canals are the main rivers that Hongze Lake discharges into the Yangtze River and enters the sea.
5. Hulun Lake
The Fiona Fang of Hulun Lake in Inner Mongolia is 800 miles long, with rippling blue waves, like a crystal pearl embedded in Hulun Buir grassland. Hulun Lake, also known as Lunchi Lake and Dalai Lake, is the fifth lake in China and the largest lake in Inner Mongolia. The lake is 93km long, with a maximum width of 4 1km, an average width of 32km and a circumference of 447km.
6. Nansi Lake
Nansi Lake, the general name of Zhaoyang, Dushan, Nanyang and Weishan Lake, is located at the junction of Sulu and Shandong. The total length of Nansi Lake from north to south is about 120 km, the average width from east to west is 5.2 km, and the drainage area is 3 1700 km2.
7. Xingkai Lake
Xingkai Lake was called Meituo Lake in the Tang Dynasty, which is famous for its rich "crucian carp". Because the lake looks like "Qin Yue", the Jin Dynasty was called "Qin Hai in the North"; After the Qing Dynasty, it was changed to Xingkai Lake, which is a shallow lake on the Sino-Russian border. For the Sino-Russian boundary lake. In the southeast of Heilongjiang Province, Xingkai Lake Farm and 85 10 Farm are located in Heilongjiang Reclamation Area, 35 kilometers away from Mishan City. One third of the northern area belongs to China, and the southern part belongs to Russian.
8. Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake was called "West Sea" in ancient times and "Fish Sea" in Tang Dynasty. It was named Bosten Lake in the middle of Qing Dynasty. Bohu county, located in the southeast of Yanqi Basin, is the largest inland freshwater lake in China. Bostennur, which means "standing" in Mongolian, is named after the three mountains in the lake stand tall. Bosten Lake is 4 kilometers away from Bohu County/kloc-0, 24 kilometers away from Yanqi County, with an altitude of 1048 meters, 55 kilometers long from east to west and 25 kilometers wide from north to south, slightly triangular, with a great lake area of 988 square kilometers.
9. gaoyou lake
Gaoyou lake is located in Gaoyou City, Jiangsu Province, a national historical and cultural city. It is the sixth largest freshwater lake in China and the third largest freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province. Gaoyou lake connects Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province, also known as Zhuhu Lake and Biwa Lake, with a total water area of 760.67km? When the water level is 5.55 meters.
Gaoyou lake integrated supply ship is the sixth supply ship in China and one of the latest and most advanced integrated supply ships in China Navy. Will join the Chinese people's navy at the end of 20 15. Gaoyou lake is also the main position of Huaihe River regulation project.
Chaohu 10
Chaohu Lake, once called Nanchao and Juchao Lake, is commonly known as Jiaohu Lake. The lakes in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River system are located in the middle of Anhui Province, surrounded by Hefei, Chaohu, Feidong, Feixi and Lujiang. It is 54.5 kilometers long from east to west, with an average width from north to south of 15. 1 km, and the longest coastline exceeds 18 1 km.
Although Chaohu Lake is far less than Hulun Lake, the fifth largest freshwater lake in China, it has always been considered as one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China.