兴凯湖

Outline Data of the Khanka Lake

兴凯湖(XingKai Lake or Khanka Lake,俄语:ОзероХанка)是黑龙江流域最大的湖泊,是俄罗斯与中国的界湖,分属中国黑龙江省和俄罗斯滨海边疆区管辖。其中,三分之一水域面积归属中国,三分之二归属俄罗斯。兴凯湖地理位置为44°27′8″N–45°23′57″N;131°58′52″E–132°52′56″E之间。兴凯是满语,即水向低处流之意。

The Khanka Lake(or XingKai Lake)is the biggest lake in the Amur River basin,geo-located between 44°27′8″N and 45°23′57″N;131°58′52″E and 132°52′56″E.One third area of the lake belongs to China(Heilongjiang province)and the two third belongs to Russia(Primorsky Krai).The lake is fed by several rivers,including Bolshiye Usashi River,Komissarovka River,Melgunovka River,Spasovka River.The only one outflow in the northeast of the lake is the Songacha River,it reaches the Ussuri River,and then to the Amur River.The Khanka Lake is consisted of two lakes,the small one in the north is 34.5 km wide and 4.5 km long with the depth of 1-5 meters.The big one is 71 km wide and 90 km long with the depth of 10 meters.There is a sand-blocking bar between them,which is about 1 km wide and 90 km long.The Khanka Lake is on the list of Ramsar wetlands of international importance(site 112)in 2001.The total area of the lake is 4,364.89 km2 and its outline is 662.39 km.The dataset is developed based on Google earth images,archived both in.kmz and.shp data format with the data size of 1.55 MB.The dataset can be accessed at:http://www.geodoi.ac.cn/WebEn/doi.aspx?Id=477.