Lake Tai

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Lake Tai
Taihu, T'ai-hu
太湖 (Chinese)
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Lake scenery at Wuxi
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Lake Tai
Location in Jiangsu
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Lake Tai
Location in Zhejiang
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Lake Tai
Lake Tai (Eastern China)
Locationsouthern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang
Coordinates 31°14′N120°8′E / 31.233°N 120.133°E / 31.233; 120.133
Basin  countriesChina
Surface area2,250 km2 (869 sq mi)
Average depth2 m (6.6 ft)
Islands 90
Settlements Huzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi

Notes

  1. Though encompassing a larger surface area than Poyang Lake, the majority of Lake Khanka (Xingkai) is in Russia's Primorsky Krai.

Citations

  1. 太湖 [Lake Tai]. The Suzhou Science Window苏州科普之窗 (in Chinese). Science and Technology Association of Suzhou City [苏州市科学技术协会]. Archived from the original on 2007-06-11.
  2. Wang Erkang; Wan Yuqiu; Xu Shijin (May 2002). "Discovery and implication of shock metamorphic unloading microfractures in Devonian bedrock of Taihu Lake". Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences. 45 (5): 459. doi:10.1360/02yd9048. S2CID   195300513.
  3. Wang, K.; Geldsetzer, H. H. J. (1992). "A late Devonian impact event and its association with a possible extinction event on Eastern Gondwana". Lunar and Planetary Inst., International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution: 77. Bibcode:1992lmip.conf...77W.
  4. Dong; et al. (2012). "The Deformation Features of Quartz grains In the Sandstone of Taihu Area: Taihu Impact Origin Controversy". Geological Journal of China Universities.
  5. 文涛 (September 1, 2008). "太湖之星"摩天轮即将开放. Xinhuanet (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  6. Barrett, Rick (February 3, 2007). "China offers open waters". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
  7. Ma, Jun (2004). China's Water Crisis. Norwalk, CT: International Rivers Network. pp. 163–164. ISBN   1-891936-28-X.
  8. 1 2 Kahn, Joseph (October 13, 2007). "In China, a Lake's Champion Imperils Himself". International Herald Tribune .
  9. "Algae smother Chinese lake, millions panic". NBC News. AP. May 31, 2007.
  10. "China's third-largest freshwater lake faces algae threat". China Daily. Xinhua. April 14, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
  11. "Umweltschützer in China - Der unbeugsame Herr Wu". Tagesschau (in German). May 18, 2010. Archived from the original on May 21, 2010.
  12. "China to clean up polluted lake". BBC News . October 27, 2007.
  13. "Taihu cleanup plan". China Daily - Across China: Beijing. April 4, 2008. p. 4. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
  14. The Economist , 7 August 2010 p 49.

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Lake Tai
Chinese 太湖
Literal meaningGreat Lake
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Tài Hú
Wu
Romanization Ta Wu
  1. "Lake Taihu China".
  2. "Tai hu Lake".