Dianchi Lake (2005)Chinese sailing junks on Lake Dian, circa 1940s
Dianchi Lake (Chinese: 滇池; pinyin: Diānchí), also known as Lake Dian and Kunming Lake (Chinese: 昆明湖; pinyin: Kūnmíng Hú), is a large lake located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau close to Kunming, Yunnan, China. Its nickname is the "Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland" (Chinese: 高原明珠)[1] and it was the model for the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing. Its name is the source of Yunnan's Chinese abbreviation 滇.
It is a freshwater fault lake at 1,886.5 m (6,189 ft) above sea level. The lake covers 298 km2 (115 sq mi). It is 39 km (24 mi) long from north to south, and the average depth is 4.4 m (14 ft). It is the eighth largest lake in China and the largest in Yunnan Province.
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Dianchi Lake (Chinese: 滇池; pinyin: Diānchí), also known as LakeDian and Kunming Lake (Chinese: 昆明湖; pinyin: Kūnmíng Hú), is a large lake located on the...
Dian (Chinese: 滇) was an ancient kingdom established by the Dian people, a non-Han metalworking civilization that inhabited around the DianLake plateau...
Erhai. It is one of three major Yunnan lakes with a high number of endemics, the two other being Fuxian and Dian (Dianchi). Of the 23 fish species and...
of 212 square kilometers. The lake is ranked third-largest in Yunnan, after DianLake and Erhai Lake. The deepest lake in Yunnan, it is 155 meters deep...
Dian may refer to: Dian Kingdom, ancient kingdom in modern Yunnan province, China Diān (滇), an official abbreviation for Yunnan province LakeDian, a lake...
Dian Fossey (/daɪˈæn/ dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive...
China. Situated in Western Mountains (Xi Shan), which rise to the west of DianLake, it occupies an area of 889 hectares, its highest peak (Mt. Luohan) being...
Chu during the Warring States period. He was sent to the region around DianLake as part of a Chu military campaign. When the Chu homeland was invaded...
Jinning, not conurbated yet. It is at the northern edge of DianLake, surrounded by temples and lake-and-limestone hill landscapes. Kunming consists of an...
list of lakes of China. Poyang Lake Dongting LakeLake Tai Hongze Lake Chao Lake Hulun LakeLake Xingkai Nansi Lake Bosten Lake Qinghai Lake Namtso Siling...
Dianshan Lake (simplified Chinese: 淀山湖; traditional Chinese: 澱山湖; pinyin: Diànshān Hú) is a freshwater lake west of Zhujiajiao, Qingpu District, in Shanghai...
Mingjing, a wealthy real estate investor, as part of a complex he owns near DianLake in the western suburbs of Kunming that also includes the World Butterfly...
(it is considered a delicacy), habitat loss and pollution. The polluted DianLake, which is part of the upper Yangtze watershed (via Pudu River), is home...
Jinning District, Yunnan, China. It is situated southwest of Dianchi (DianLake), with a resident population of 83,500 within its total area of 119.79...
Lugu Lake (simplified Chinese: 泸沽湖; traditional Chinese: 瀘沽湖; pinyin: Lúgū Hú) is located in the northwest of the Yunnan plateau, with the middle of the...
Caohai Lake (Chinese: 草海; pinyin: Cǎo Hǎi, Sea of Grass in Chinese) is a natural water-body situated in Northwest Guizhou Province of southwest China....
from DianLake and Songhuaba Reservoir, both in Kunming, Yunnan. It can reach sizes above 31 cm (12 in) SL. The species was once common in DianLake, but...
imperial park's] Kunming [Pool; named after the Kunming lake, i.e. DianLake]; there was Lake Hao; [Hao was] twenty-five li from Feng; all were several...
dianchiensis is a critically endangered species of stone loach endemic to the DianLake in China, but it has not been confirmed in decades and is likely extinct...
Turkic people or Yeniseian people may be related to the Jie. Dian 滇國 (diānguó) DianLake, Yunnan 4th century BC to 1st century BC, assimilated into Hans...
tea, after the city of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India Dianhong after DianLake in Yunnan province, southern China English breakfast tea — England Formosa...
that their ancestors had migrated from a village along the shores of DianLake near Kunming, and moved south and crossed the Red River (Honghe) after...
China. It is known with certainty from DianLake and the associated streams; similar fish reported from other lakes might or might not refer to this species...
云南民族博物馆; pinyin: Yúnnán Mínzú Bówùguǎn) is located on the east bank of DianLake in Kunming, Yunnan, China, next to the Yunnan Ethnic Village. Opened on...
includes DianLake, Erhai Lake, Jianhu Lake, Xihu Lake, and Cibi Lake in Yunnan Province, China. Former records in Daduitai Lake and Xingyun Lake are considered...
south will never again rebel." Zhuge Liang then led his forces towards DianLake in triumph. The Nanzhong region was basically pacified by the autumn of...
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