Qinghai Lake
lake in Qinghai, China
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Summary
Qinghai Lake is an endorheic lake[1]. It draws 1,678 Wikipedia views per month (endorheic lake category, ranking #9 of 19).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Qinghai[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Instance of: lake[5], Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction[6]
- Inflows: Buh He[7], 倒淌河[8]
- Commons category: Qinghai Lake[9]
- Official website: http://qhh.qinghai.gov.cn/[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Qinghai Lake[11]
- Commons gallery: 青海湖[12]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], The Encyclopedia Americana[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]
- Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[19]
- Official name: 青海湖[20]
- Native label: མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ་[21]
- Length: 108.1 km[22]
- Elevation above sea level: 3266 m[23]
- Area: 4400 km²[24]
- Height: 38 m[25]
- Width: 67.3 km[26]
- Watershed area: 29,660 km²[27]
- Volume as quantity: 71,600,000,000 cubic metre[28]
- World Heritage criteria: (vii)[29], (ix)[30], (x)[31]
- Has part(s) of the class: diaolou[32]
- Vertical depth: 21 m[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
Why It Matters
Qinghai Lake has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 110 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]