Jingpo Lake or Lake Jingpo (; ''
Pinyin
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'': Jìng Pō Hú) is a
lake
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located in the upper reaches of the
Mudan River among the
Wanda Mountains in
Ningan County,
Heilongjiang
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Province, in the
People's Republic of China
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. Earlier names for the lake include ( zh, labels=no, 湄沱湖), ( zh, labels=no, 忽汗海), and (Manchurian: ; zh, 畢爾騰湖).
The length of the lake from north to south is and the widest distance between east and west is only . The area is and the storage capacity is 1.63 billion m
3. The south part of lake is shallow with the deepest place in the northern part at .
The winter average temperature in Heilongjiang Province is below -20°C (-4°F), but the temperature at the bottom of the water is always above 10°C (50°F).
On
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, there is a large surface body of liquid
hydrocarbons
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,
Jingpo Lacus, named after Jingpo Lake.
Formation
The lake was created about 10,000 years ago when the lava of
volcanic eruptions
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in the region blocked the flow of the
Mudan River. Jingpo Lake has experienced five volcanic eruptions. It is the largest alpine lava
barrier lake in China.
Gallery
File:吊水樓瀑布 Diaoshuilou Waterfall - panoramio (1).jpg, Diaoshuilou Waterfall in the summer (13 June 2010)
File:Jingpo Lake Winter.jpg, Diaoshuilou Waterfall at Jingpo Lake during winter
File:Jingpohu Lake, Jingpohu Global Geopark, Heilongjiang, China (10 September 2014).jpg, Jingpohu Lake, Jingpohu Global Geopark, Heilongjiang, China (10 September 2014)
File:Sunset of Jingpo Lake in Heilongjiang Province, China.jpg, Sunset on Jingpo Lake
See also
*
List of volcanoes in China
References
External links
Brief Introduction of China's Major Lakeswith photos
Jingpo
Bodies of water of Heilongjiang
Volcanoes of China
Geography of Heilongjiang
Tourist attractions in Heilongjiang
Global Geoparks Network members
Geoparks in China
Landforms of Heilongjiang
Parks in Heilongjiang
Lava dammed lakes
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