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Yueya Lake (Nanjing)
Yueya Lake () at xjdht.com is a near Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ... .
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Yueyaquan
Yueyaquan () is a crescent-shaped lake in an oasis, 6 km south of the city of Dunhuang in Gansu Province, China. History The lake was named Yueyaquan in the Qing Dynasty. Mildred Cable and Francesca French Francesca Law French (; 12 December 1871 – 2 August 1960) was a British Protestant Christian missionary in China. She served with the China Inland Mission. Early career French was born in Bruges, Belgium, the second daughter of English parent ... visited the lake during their travels in the region in 1932 and recorded their impressions in their book ''The Gobi Desert'': "All around us we saw tier on tier of lofty sand-hills, giving the lie to our quest, yet when, with a final desperate effort, we hoisted ourselves over the last ridge and looked down on what lay beyond, we saw the lake below, and its beauty was entrancing." According to measurements made in 1960, the average depth of the lake was , with a maximum depth of . In the following 40 years, the depth of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |