Xingyun Lake

24°20′N 102°47′E / 24.333°N 102.783°E / 24.333; 102.783Catchment area378 km² (146 sq mi)Basin countriesChinaMax. length10.5 km (7 mi)Max. width5.8 km (4 mi)Surface area34.71 km² (0 sq mi)Average depth5.3 m (17 ft)Max. depth11 m (36 ft)Water volume184×10^⁶ m³ (6.5×10^⁹ cu ft)Surface elevation1,722 m (5,650 ft)SettlementsJiangchuan County

Xingyun Lake (simplified Chinese: 星云湖; traditional Chinese: 星雲湖; pinyin: Xīngyún Hú) also known as Jiangchuan Sea (Chinese: 江川海子; pinyin: Jiāngchuān Hǎizi), is a plateau lake in Yunnan Province, China. The Xingyun Lake and the Fuxian Lake are separated by a mountain and linked by a river.^[1] The lake has a total area of about 34.71 square kilometers. The average depth is 5.3 m, with an elevation of 1722 m. the water storage capacity is about 1.84×10⁸m³.^[2]

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