Gaoyou Lake

{{Short description|Lake in China}}

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| name = Gaoyou Lake

| image = 高邮湖1144.jpg

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| basin_countries = China

| length = {{Convert|39|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}

| width = {{Convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}

| area = {{convert|674.7|km2|sqmi|-2|abbr=on}}

| depth = {{convert|1.44|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| max-depth = {{convert|2.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| volume = {{convert|971.6|e6m3|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{convert|5.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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Gaoyou Lake ({{zh|s=高邮湖|p=Gāoyòu Hú}}) is the sixth largest freshwater lake in China. It is located between Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province. In a sense, Gaoyou Lake is a manmade lake, and its creation is part of a long story about flood control and hydraulic engineering in ancient China. Gaoyou Lake is now part of the Huai River system as the Huai River flows south through Gaoyou Lake on its way to the Yangtze River and the Pacific.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aboutgaoyou.com/poi/gaoyou_lake.aspx |title=www.aboutgaoyou.com |access-date=2011-11-04 |archive-date=2018-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214346/http://www.aboutgaoyou.com/poi/gaoyou_lake.aspx |url-status=dead }} It is about {{Convert|39|km|mi|}} long and {{Convert|30|km|mi|}} wide, covering approximately {{convert|674.7|km2|sqmi|-2}}.{{cite book |title=Lakes in China |last1=Sumin |first1=Wang|last2=Hongshen |first2=Dou |year=1998 |publisher=Science Press|location=Beijing|isbn=7-03-006706-1 |page=279 }}