List of saltwater lakes of China

There are thousands of lakes in the People's Republic of China, including 945 saltwater lakes and 166 salt lakes. Salt lakes and saltwater lakes are listed down there.

The Database of Chinese Lakes provided data on China's salt lakes. Changes in water level, environment, and human activities may increase or decrease the size of each lakes over time.

The Five Largest Salt lakes

Qinghai Lake

Namtso

Siling Lake

Ulungur Lake

Yamdrok Lake

Lop Nor

Cha'erhan Salt Lake

Kunteyi Salt Lake

Manas Lake

Dalangtan Salt Lake

The location of five largest saltwater lakes (blue) and dried salt lakes (cyan) in the People's Republic of China

Five Largest Saltwater Lakes

The five largest saltwater lakes in China include:

English Name	Chinese Name	Province	Area (Square Kilometre)
Qinghai Lake	青海湖	Qinghai	4340
Namtso	纳木错	Tibet	1961.5
Siling Lake	色林错	Tibet	1628
Ulungur Lake	乌伦古湖	Xinjiang	753
Yamdrok Lake	羊卓雍错	Tibet	638

Dried or Divided Salt Lakes

English Name	Chinese Name	Province	Location	Area (Square Kilometer)	Current Condition
Lop Nor	罗布泊	Xinjiang		5500	Dried up
Cha'erhan Salt Lake	察尔汗干盐湖	Qinghai		4704	Divided into smaller salt lakes
Kunteyi Salt Lake	昆特依干盐湖	Qinghai		1680	Divided into smaller salt lakes
Manas Lake	玛纳斯湖	Xinjiang		577.8	Shrank into a wetland
Dalangtan Salt Lake	大浪滩干盐湖	Qinghai		500	Divided into smaller salt lakes

Other Well Known Saltwater Lakes

English Name	Chinese Name	Province	Area (Square Kilometers)
Lake Rakshastal	拉昂错	Tibet	269
Chaka Salt Lake	茶卡盐湖	Qinghai	116
Gahai Lake	尕海 (海晏)	Qinghai	47

See also

• List of lakes of China