Dongling Lake

Endorheic saline lake in Qinghai Province, China

Dongling Lake^[1][2][a] is a lake in the Qarhan Playa north of Golmud in the Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province in northwestern China. Like the other lakes of the surrounding Qaidam Basin, it is extremely saline.

Geography

Dongling Lake lies on the north edge of the Qarhan Playa at an elevation of 2,690.3 m (8,826 ft) above sea level.^[1] It has an area of 7.2 km² (2.8 sq mi).^[1] Its depth does not usually exceed 1 m (3 ft 3 in).^[5]

Dongling's position at the northern end of the playa means that its waters are far more influenced by the mineral springs and their high concentrations of solutes.^[6]

See also

• Qarhan Playa & Qaidam Basin
• List of lakes and saltwater lakes of China

Notes

1. Misspelled "Donglin" in Spencer & al.,^[3] Lowenstein & al.,^[4] and others

References

Citations

1. Zheng (1997), p. 16
2. Yu & al. (2009), pp. 1–2.
3. Spencer & al. (1990), p. 396.
4. Lowenstein & al. (2009), pp. 75–76.
5. Yu & al. (2009), p. 62.
6. Spencer & al. (1990), pp. 398–399.

Bibliography

• Lowenstein, Timothy K.; et al. (2009), "Closed Basin Brine Evolution and the Influence of Ca–Cl Inflow Waters: Death Valley and Bristol Dry Lake, California, Qaidam Basin, China, and Salar de Atacama, Chile", Aquatic Geochemistry, vol. 15, Springer, pp. 71–94, doi:10.1007/s10498-008-9046-z, S2CID 129168176.
• Spencer, Ronald James; et al. (1990), "Origin of Potash Salts and Brines in the Qaidam Basin, China" (PDF), Fluid-Mineral Interactions: A Tribute to H.P. Eugster, Special Publication No. 2, Geochemical Society.
• Yu Shengsong; et al. (2009), Chá'ěrhán Yánhé Zīyuán: Kěchíxù Lìyòng Yánjiū 察尔汗盐河资源: 可持续利用研究 [Qarhan Playa Resources: A Study of Sustainable Use] (PDF) (in Chinese), Beijing: Kexue Chubanshe.
• Zheng Mianping (1997), An Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 9789401154581.