Shaobo Lake () is a freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province, China, it is located between Gaoyou and

Yangzhou Yangzhou, postal romanization Yangchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province (Suzhong), East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Ya ...

. Shaobo Lake is a part of the

Huai River The Huai River (), formerly romanized as the Hwai, is a major river in China. It is located about midway between the Yellow River and Yangtze, the two longest rivers and largest drainage basins in China, and like them runs from west to east ...

system as the Huai River flows south through Shaobo Lake on its way to the

Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flow ...

like Gaoyou Lake. It is about 17 km long and 6 km wide, covering approximately 77 km². Looking across Grand Canal from Fenghuangdao - P1070226

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Lakes of Jiangsu Huai River {{Jiangsu-geo-stub