Xiezuo Lake

Xiezuo Lake[lower-alpha 1] is a lake in the northeastern Qarhan Playa north of Golmud in Dulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. Like the other lakes of the surrounding Qaidam Basin, it is extremely saline.

Xiezuo Lake
Xiezuo Lake
LocationDulan County
Haixi Prefecture
Qinghai Province
China
Coordinates36°57′43.5″N 95°36′16.5″E
TypeEndorheic saline lake
Native name协作湖  (Chinese)
Primary inflowsQuanji River
Basin countriesChina
Surface area17 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Surface elevation2,680 m (8,790 ft)
Xiezuo Lake
Traditional Chinese協作湖
Simplified Chinese协作湖
Literal meaningCooperation Lake
Working-Together Lake

Geography

Xiezuo Lake lies at the northern edge of the Qaidam subbasin[3] of the eastern Qarhan Playa at an elevation of 2,680 m (8,790 ft)[4] or 2,691 m (8,829 ft).[5] It has an area of about 17 km2 (6.6 sq mi).[5] It lies northeast of Dabusun Lake, north of Tuanjie Lake, and west of North Hulsan Lake[3] and is periodically fed by the Quanji River[6] (全集河, Quánjí Hé) and mineral springs from the north. Although the volume of water from the springs is much smaller, their much higher concentration of solutes is important to the lake's chemical composition.[7] The lake's depth usually does not exceed 1 m (3 ft 3 in).[4]

The crescent shape of the lake reflects its bed's origin as the alluvial fan of a now-dry river.[8]

Photographs of the large salt pans in and around Xiezuo Lake taken by a member of Expedition 16 from the International Space Station (2007)

See also

Notes
  1. Misspelled "Xiezhuo" in Spencer & al.,[1] Lowenstein & al.,[2] and others.

References

Citations
  1. Spencer & al. (1990), p. 396.
  2. Lowenstein & al. (2009), pp. 75–76.
  3. Du & al. (2018), pp. 2–3.
  4. Yu & al. (2001), p. 62.
  5. Zheng (1997), p. 16
  6. Du & al. (2018), p. 2.
  7. Spencer & al. (1990), pp. 398–399.
  8. Spencer & al. (1990), p. 397.

Bibliography
  • Du Yongsheng; et al. (April 2018), "Evalutation of Boron Isotopes in Halite as an Indicator of the Salinity of Qarhan Paleolake Water in the Eastern Qaidam Basin, Western China", Geoscience Frontiers, Vol. 10, No. 1, Beijing: China University of Geosciences, pp. 1–10, doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2018.02.016.
  • Lowenstein, Timothy K.; et al. (2009), "Closed Basin Brine Evolution and the Influence of Ca–Cl Inflow Waters: Death Valley and Bristol Dry Lake, California, Qaidam Basin, China, and Salar de Atacama, Chile", Aquatic Geochemistry, Vol. 15, Springer, pp. 71–94, doi:10.1007/s10498-008-9046-z.
  • Spencer, Ronald James; et al. (1990), "Origin of Potash Salts and Brines in the Qaidam Basin, China" (PDF), Fluid-Mineral Interactions: A Tribute to H.P. Eugster, Special Publication No. 2, Geochemical Society.
  • Yu Ge; et al. (2001), Lake Status Records from China: Data Base Documentation (PDF), MPI-BGC Tech Rep, No. 4, Jena: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.
  • Zheng Mianping (1997), An Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 9789401154581.
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