青海湖

Qinghai Lake

青海湖(Qing HaiLake)位于青藏高原东北隅,青海省境内,是我国最大的内陆高原咸水湖,蒙语和藏语分别又称"库诺尔"和"措温布",均意为"青色的海"。地理位置为37°14′5″N-36°32′56″N;99°36′58″E-100°45′32″E(图1)。青海湖四周群山环绕,大通山、日月山、与青海南山之间隆起形成断陷盆地,呈西北高而东南低势态,湖区面积4,304.79 km2(2015年),湖岸线长501.04 km(2015年)[1],湖中心有海心山、三块石、鸟岛、海西山和沙岛五个形态各异的岛屿,其中最大岛屿的面积为1.17 km2(2015年)、岸线长5.52 km(2015年),最小岛屿面积为4,666 m2(2015年)、岸线长338.42 m(2015年)。

Qinghai Lake is known as“Kunuoer”and“Cuowenbu”in the Mongolian and Tibetan languages,which all mean“blue sea”.Qinghai Lake is located in the northeastern of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,and is the largest inland saltwater lake on the plateau.Its geo-location is between 36°32′56″N and 37°14′5″N,99°36′58″E and 100°45′32″E(Figure 1),the area of Qinghai Lake is 4,304.79 km²and the shoreline is 501.04 km long(2015)[1].It is surrounded by Datong Mountain,Riyue Mountain and the South Mountain of Qinghai.