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Dongting Lake
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large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan province, China
Dongting Lake is a large, shallow lake located in northeastern Hunan province, China. It is one of China's most significant freshwater lakes, important for agriculture, fishing, and water management in the region.
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In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 284 inbound references to Dongting Lake, and connects out to Yangtze, Hunan and Poyang Lake.
The entry is geolocated on the map in 43.
It is catalogued under topics including Lakes of Hunan, Ramsar sites in China and Shrunken lakes.
Vinony links it to 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Location
- Hunan Province
- Primary inflows
- Yangtze , Xiang , Zi , Yuan , Li
- Primary outflows
- Yangtze
- Basin countries
- China
- Surface area
- 2,820 km (1,090 sq mi), flood season: 20,000 km (7,700 sq mi)
- Official name
- Dong-ting hu
- Designated
- 31 March 1992
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Lake Dongting
- Commons gallery
- Lake Dongting
- outflows
- Yangtze
- vertical depth
- 31
- basin country
- China
- volume as quantity
- 18
- watershed area
- 259430
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- 洞庭湖
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Map showing Lake Dongting and the major rivers flowing into it
Dongting Lake (Chinese: 洞庭湖) is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan Province, China. It is a flood basin of the Yangtze River, so its volume depends on the season. The provinces of Hubei and Hunan are named after their location relative to the lake: Hubei means "North of the Lake" and Hunan, "South of the Lake".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dongting Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.