Junshan Lake ()also known as "Sun Moon Lake" ()during ancient times, is a freshwater lake in
China. It is located in
Jinxian County
Jinxian County () is a county of Jiangxi Province, China
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of
Jiangxi Province, situated to the south of
Poyang Lake. The
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
has an area of 615 km
2, with an elevation of 18 m, a length of 25 km and a greatest breadth from east to west of
18.2 km (the average breadth is only 7.7 km). The lake has a surface area of 192.5 km
2, and volume is about 7.66×10
8m
3. The maximum depth of the Junshan Lake is 6.4 m, though the average is 4 m.
The lake is rich in fish and
crab.
Notes
{{Lakes of China
Lakes of China
Bodies of water of Jiangxi