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Five Lakes (Montana)
Five Lakes may refer to: * Five Lakes (China) * Fuji Five Lakes, Japan * Five Lakes, Michigan, United States * Five Lakes (West Siberia), Five Lakes is a group of lakes in Novosibirsk Oblast, Novosibirsk and Omsk Oblasts, Russia * Fünfseenland, or Five Lakes Country, Germany * Great Lakes, five lakes between Canada and United States {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Lakes (China)
The Five Lakes or Wu Hu (), is a Chinese historical and geographical concept that has been used to describe various lakes in China. The Five Lakes most commonly refer to are five freshwater lakes in eastern and central China: Lake Tai in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Hongze Lake in Jiangsu, Lake Chao in Anhui, Poyang Lake in Jiangxi, and Dongting Lake in Hunan. In several ancient texts, including the ''Rites of Zhou'' and ''Records of the Grand Historian'', the term was used to describe only Lake Tai. Various sources have described other lakes as the Five Lakes. One European 19th century encyclopedia identifies West Lake West Lake (; ) is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou, China. It is divided into five sections by three causeways. There are numerous temples, pagodas, gardens, and natural/artificial islands within the lake. Gushan (孤山) is the largest natural is ... in Zhejiang as one of the Five Lakes in place of Lake Chao. Idiomatic expression In modern parlance, the idiom the "fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
