Diexi Lake () is a lake in

Diexi, Mao County Diexi (; ) is a town in Mao County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan, China. As of 2000, it has a population of 2,697. The old town of Diexi was destroyed in the 1933 Diexi earthquake The 1933 Diexi earthquake occurred in Diexi, Mao County, Szechw ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Diexi Lake is a landslide dam-created lake formed in the

1933 Diexi earthquake The 1933 Diexi earthquake occurred in Diexi, Mao County, Szechwan, Republic of China on August 25 with a moment magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). With up to 9,300 killed, this was the deadliest earthquake in ...

and covers 3.5 square kilometers.The Visual Appeals of Sichuan: Its Scenery and People
, Chinaculture.org, run by PRC Ministry of Culture, visited on May 28, 2008. The old town of Diexi sank into this lake. The remnants of the town's watch towers, a temple, stone lions and cliff murals are still visible today.

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{{Lakes of China Lakes of China Bodies of water of Sichuan Landslide-dammed lakes 1933 establishments in China