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Ebi Lake
Ebi Lake (Mongolian language, Mongolian: Ev nuur, Middle Mongol language, Middle Mongolian: Ebi; ) is a rift lake in Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China, near the border of Kazakhstan. Lying at the southeast end of the Dzungarian Gate, Ebi Lake is the center of the Drainage basin, catchment of the southwestern part of the Dzungarian Basin. The lake previously covered over 1000 km2 (400 miles2) with an average depth of less than 2 meters (6.5 feet). In August 2007, the Chinese government designated the adjoining Aibi Lake wetland as a National Nature Reserve. The high salt concentration (87 g/L) of its water prevents plants and fish from living in the actual lake, though many kinds of fish do live in the mouths of its source rivers. The lake currently covers only 500 km2 surface. References External linksLocation Maps - Ebi Nur (Ebi lake; Aibi lake) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Bortala ( mn, Бортал, Mountain:''brown steppe'', ) is an autonomous prefecture for Mongol people in the northern middle of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Western China. It has an area of . Bole is its capital. "Boro tala" comes from the Mongolian language and means "brown steppe". Geography Bortala is located in the southwestern part of the Dzungarian Basin. It occupies a V-shaped basin between the Dzungarian Alatau in the northwest and the Borohoro Mountains in the southwest. The prefecture borders Kazakhstan to the north and west, and has an international border of . To the east it borders Wusu City and Toli County of Tacheng Prefecture; to the south it borders Nilka County, Yining County, and Huocheng County of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture has two large lakes, Ebi-Nur and Sayram Lake. Administrative divisions Bortala is divided into two county-level cities, Bole and Alashankou; and two counties: Jinghe County and Wenquan County. In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
