Lake Bosten

Lake Bosten

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Bosten
image_lake = Bosten-Lake (Bosten-See), Xinjiang, China, 87.00E, 42.00N.jpg
caption_lake = Satellite picture (2 November 2004)
image_bathymetry =
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coords = coord|42|00|N|87|00|E|region:CN_type:waterbody)|display=inline,title
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outflow =
catchment =
basin_countries = China
length = 55 km
width = 25 km
area = c. 1,000 km²
depth =
max-depth = 666 m
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shore =
elevation = 1,048 m
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Lake Bosten (Chinese: 博斯騰湖; pinyin: Bósīténg Hú) is located 57 km northeast of Korla, Xinjiang, China in Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. The large freshwater lake covers about 1,000 square kilometers.

Its name is sometimes rendered as "Bosten", "Bosten-See", "Bosten Hu", "Bagrax-hu", "Bagrasch-köl", "Baghrasch köl", "Bagratsch-kul", "Bositeng Lake" or "Bositeng Hu." A fishery exists on the lake and fish such as Bullhead and Blunt-snout bream are native to the lake. Westerners sometimes refer to it as the 'Oriental Hawaii of Xinjiang' because of its unique lush scenery surrounded by the harsh Gobi Desert.

External links

* [http://www.uni-giessen.de/zeu/Papers/DiscPap%2313.pdf Seespiegelschwankungen des Bosten-Sees] de icon


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