The five largest saltwater (Red ones are the largest five, orange ones are the dried ones) and fresh water lakes (Blue ones are the traditional five-large-lakes, cyan ones are those that are supposed to be in the largest five) in China
Lakes of China include:
Lake
Province
Area (km2)
Water
Aibi Lake
Xinjiang
36
Saline
Ailik Lake
Xinjiang
50
Saline
Ayding Lake
Xinjiang
176
Dried Salt Bed
Bosten Lake
Xinjiang
1000
Fresh
Chaiwopu Lake
Xinjiang
28
Fresh
Chang Lake
Hubei
131
Fresh
Chao Lake
Anhui
775
Fresh
Dabiele Lake
Qinghai
7.4
Saline
Dabusun Lake
Qinghai
184–334
Saline
Daye Lake
Hubei
54.7
Fresh
Lake Dai
Inner Mongolia
160
Dian Lake
Yunnan
298
Fresh
Dagze Lake
Tibet
245
Saline
Dianshan Lake
Shanghai
Fresh
Dongqian Lake
Zhejiang
20
Fresh
Donggi Cona
Qinghai
229
Fresh
Dongting Lake
Hunan
2691
Fresh
East Lake
Hubei
33
Fresh
Erhai Lake
Yunnan
256.5
Fresh
Futou Lake
Hubei
161
Fresh
Gaoyou Lake
Anhui and Jiangsu
674.7
Fresh
Heaven Lake (Tianchi)
Jilin and North Korea
4.9
Fresh
Hala Hu
Qinghai
596
Brackish
Lake Heihai
Qinghai
Hong Lake
Hubei
348
Fresh
Hongze Lake
Jiangsu
1663.32
Fresh
Houguan Lake
Hubei
Fresh
Lake Huangqi
Inner Mongolia
110
Hulun Lake
Inner Mongolia
2339
Fresh
Karakol
Xinjiang
4.8
Fresh
Liangzi Lake
Hubei
370.0
Fresh
Longgan Lake
Hubei
316.2
Fresh
Lu Lake
Hubei
40.2
Fresh
Lumajangdong
Tibet
Lugu Lake
Sichuan and Yunnan
48.5
Fresh
Luoma Lake
Jiangsu
Fresh
Manas Lake
Xinjiang
salt
Namtso
Tibet
1920
Saline
Nansi Lake
Shandong
1266
Fresh
Niushan Lake (part of Liangzi Lake)
Hubei
57.2
Fresh
North Hulsan Lake
Qinghai
0–90.4
Saline
Pangong Tso
Tibet
700
Saline
Poyang Lake
Jiangxi
3206.98
Fresh
Qiandao Lake
Zhejiang
573
Fresh
Qinghai Lake (Koko Nor)
Qinghai
4340
Saline
Siling Lake
Tibet
1865
Saline
South Lake
Hubei
5
Saline
South Dongting Lake
Hunan
Fresh
South Hulsan Lake (Nanhuobuxun)
Qinghai
33.41
Saline
Suli Lake (Senie)
Qinghai
69-85
Saline
Lake Tai
Jiangsu and Zhejiang
2537.17
Fresh
Tangxun Lake
Hubei
47.6
Fresh
Tuanjie Lake
Qinghai
6
Saline
Ulungur Lake
Xinjiang
827
Saline
West Lake
Zhejiang
5.6
Fresh
West Dabusun Lake (Xidabuxun)
Qinghai
0–30
Saline
Wu Lake
Hubei
21.2
Fresh
Xiaobiele Lake
Qinghai
6.3
Saline
Xiezuo Lake
Qinghai
17
Saline
Xiliang Lake
Hubei
85.2
Fresh
Xingkai Lake
Heilongjiang and Russia
4070
Fresh
Ya'er Lake
Hubei
18.0
Fresh
Yangcheng Lake
Jiangsu
20
Fresh
Yandong Lake
Hubei
Fresh
Yanxi Lake
Hubei
11.8
Fresh
Yezhi Lake
Hubei
2.06
Fresh
Zhangdu Lake
Hubei
280
Fresh
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