Ebi Lake

44°53′N 83°00′E / 44.883°N 83.000°E / 44.883; 83.000TypeRift lakePrimary inflowsKuitun River, Bortala River, Jinghe River (intermittent)Primary outflowsNoneBasin countriesChinaSurface area805 km² (311 sq mi) (2018)Average depth1.4 m (4 ft 7 in)Max. depth2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)Water volume760 million cubic metres (620,000 acre⋅ft)Surface elevation189 m (620 ft)

Ebi Lake (Mongolian: Ev nuur, Middle Mongolian: Ebi; Chinese: 艾比湖; pinyin: Àibǐ Hú) is a rift lake in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China, 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 1200 km² (400 miles²), which is now down to under 1000 km² 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.

In 2007, the lake had a surface area of only 500 km².^[1]

References

External links

• Location Maps - Ebi Nur (Ebi lake; Aibi lake)
• Lake Ebi