Qinghai Lake

Qinghai Lake, Koko Nor or Tso Ngonpo is the largest lake in China. Situated in Qinghai territory on an endorheic basin, Qinghai Lake is classified as a saline and basic lake. Qinghai Lake has a surface region of 4,317 square kilometers 1,667 sq mi; a normal profundity of 21 meters 69 ft, and a most extreme profundity of 25.5 m 84 ft as measured in 2008. The momentum Chinese name "Qinghai," the more established Mongolian name "Kokonor", and the Tibetan name translate to "Green Sea", "Blue Lake" and "Greenish blue Sea", respectively. Qinghai Lake is situated around 100 kilometers 62 mi west of the common capital of Xining at 3,205 m 10,515 ft above sea level in an empty of the Tibetan plateau.

23 rivers and streams void into Qinghai Lake, most of them seasonal. Five changeless streams give 80% of aggregate influx. The lake has vacillated in size, shrinking over a significant part of the 20^th century, however has increased since 2004. There is an island in the western piece of the lake with a sanctuary and a couple of hermitages called "Mahadeva, the Heart of the Lake" which historically was home to a Buddhist monastery. No vessel was used amid summer, so monks and pilgrims headed out forward and backward just when the lake solidified over in winter.