Cibi Lake (Chinese: 茈碧湖; pinyin: Cíbì Hú) is a lake in Eryuan County, northwestern Yunnan Province, China. It lies about 73 km north of Dali City. It is fed by the Fengyu River and drains southward into the Erhai Lake via the Miju River (the upstream of it called Haiwei River).The lake is 6.1 km long and 0.75–2.5 km wide, with a 17 km shoreline.[1]
| Cibi Lake | |
|---|---|
 Cibi Lake viewed form north shore | |
  Cibi Lake  Cibi Lake | |
| Location | Eryuan County, Yunnan Province, China |
| Coordinates | 26°09′N 99°57′E / 26.150°N 99.950°E |
| Primary inflows | Fengyu River |
| Primary outflows | Haiwei River |
| Basin countries | China |
| Max. length | 6.1 km (4 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.5 km (2 mi) |
| Surface area | 8.46 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Max. depth | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Water volume | 932 million cubic metres (32.9×109 cu ft) |
| Shore length1 | 17 km (11 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 2,056.2 m (6,746 ft) |
| Settlements | Cibihu Town |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Notes
edit- ^ Eryuan County Chronicle(《洱源县志》). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press. 1996. ISBN 7-222-02018-7.