Ebi Lake (
Mongolian: Ev nuur,
Middle Mongolian: Ebi; ) is a
rift lake in
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern
China
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, near the border of
Kazakhstan. Lying at the southeast end of the
Dzungarian Gate, Ebi Lake is the center of the
catchment of the southwestern part of the
Dzungarian Basin. The lake previously covered over 1000 km
2 (400 miles
2) with an average depth of less than 2 meters (6.5 feet). In August 2007, the Chinese government designated the adjoining Aibi Lake wetland as a National Nature Reserve.
The high salt concentration (87 g/L) of its water prevents plants and fish from living in the actual lake, though many kinds of fish do live in the mouths of its source rivers.
The lake currently covers only 500 km
2 surface.
References
External links
Location Maps - Ebi Nur (Ebi lake; Aibi lake)Lake Ebi
Aibi
Lakes of Xinjiang
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