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15 largest lakes in the Yangtze basin

15 lakes, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The lakes

  1. 1Poyang Lake3,210 km²
  2. 2Dongting Lake2,820 km²
  3. 3Hongze Lake1,960 km²
  4. 4Gaoyou Lake847 km²
  5. 5Chao Lake760 km²
  6. 6Liangzi Lake352 km²
  7. 7Hong Lake348 km²
  8. 8Longgan Lake316 km²
  9. 9Shijiu Lake312 km²
  10. 10Daguan Lake301 km²
  11. 11Hoh Sai Hu274 km²
  12. 12Futou Lake269 km²
  13. 13Huiten Nur256 km²
  14. 14Elsen Nur207 km²
  15. 15Lake Wuchang146 km²

Surface area in km²: the Largest Lakes set’s figure for its lakes, else Wikidata’s (P2046) where it fits the outline, else the area of the outline. Seasonal salt pans keep their recorded figure; their area varies. Every named lake Natural Earth maps at 1:10m (with its supplements for Europe, North America and Australia), and every lake of the Largest Lakes set. The Caspian Sea counts as a lake, as in that set; coastal lagoons (the Vistula Lagoon, the Black Sea limans) do not. Countries are those on its shores, from the outlines. Natural lakes only: reservoirs (artificial lakes behind a dam, as Natural Earth or Wikidata mark them) are left out. The Yangtze basin: what lies inside the river basin’s outline, by each item’s point (a lake’s centre, a river’s mouth, a summit).

On the map

Map of 15 largest lakes in the Yangtze basin, 15 lakes: each one marked on the globe

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