Lake Jingpo
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Lake Jingpo or Lake Jingbo , is a lake
located on the Wanda Mountains, in Ningan County, Heilongjiang
in China
, in the upper reaches of Mudan River. Earlier names for Lake Jingpo include Meituohu Lake, Huhanhai Lake and Bi’erteng Lake.
The length of the lake from north to south is 45 kilometers and the widest distance between east and west is only 6 kilometers. The area is 95 square kilometers and the storage capacity is 1.63 billion cubic meters. The south part of lake is shallow with the deepest place in the northern part at 62 meters.
The lake was created about 10,000 years ago when volcanic eruptions in the region blocked the flow of the Mudanjiang River
.
The northern side of the river cascades down the Diaoshuilou Falls
, a 40 meter (131 ft) waterfall formed by the lake. This lake is famous for its craggy limestone cliffs (similar to those of Guilin
) and its turquoise waters containing 40 types of fish and fresh water coral
.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
located on the Wanda Mountains, in Ningan County, Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang
For the river known in Mandarin as Heilong Jiang, see Amur River' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the Amur. The one-character abbreviation is 黑...
in China
China
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, in the upper reaches of Mudan River. Earlier names for Lake Jingpo include Meituohu Lake, Huhanhai Lake and Bi’erteng Lake.
The length of the lake from north to south is 45 kilometers and the widest distance between east and west is only 6 kilometers. The area is 95 square kilometers and the storage capacity is 1.63 billion cubic meters. The south part of lake is shallow with the deepest place in the northern part at 62 meters.
The lake was created about 10,000 years ago when volcanic eruptions in the region blocked the flow of the Mudanjiang River
Mudanjiang River
The Mudan River or Mudanjiang River .is a river in Heilongjiang province in China. It is a right tributary of the Sungari River.Its modern Chinese name can be translated as the "Peony River"...
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The northern side of the river cascades down the Diaoshuilou Falls
Diaoshuilou Falls
The Diaoshuilou Falls are a 40 m wide waterfall in Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China at the northern end of Lake Jingpo. The cascade is at its most impressive during the wetter summer months whilst in winter it freezes into a curtain of ice....
, a 40 meter (131 ft) waterfall formed by the lake. This lake is famous for its craggy limestone cliffs (similar to those of Guilin
Guilin
Guilin is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of far southern China, sitting on the west bank of the Li River. Its name means "forest of Sweet Osmanthus", owing to the large number of fragrant Sweet Osmanthus trees located in the city...
) and its turquoise waters containing 40 types of fish and fresh water coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
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