Gyaring Lake
{{short description|Lake of China}}
{{Infobox lake
| name = Gyaring Lake
| image = Gyaring Lake 2020-08-26 Sentinel-2 L2A True color.jpg
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|pushpin_map=China
| location =
| coords = {{Coord|34|55|N|97|16|E|type:waterbody_scale:5000000|display=inline,title}}
| type = Fresh water lake
| inflow = Yellow River, Kari Qu
| outflow = Yellow River
| catchment = {{convert|8161|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| basin_countries = China
| length = {{Convert|35|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| width = {{Convert|21.6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| area = {{convert|526|km2|sqmi|-2|abbr=on}}
| depth = {{convert|8.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| max-depth = {{convert|13.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| volume = {{convert|4.67|e9m3|e6acre.ft|abbr=out}}
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| shore =
| elevation = {{convert|4292|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| frozen =
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|embedded = {{Designation list
| embed = yes
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Zhaling Lake
| designation1_date = 12 July 2004
| designation1_number = 1442{{Cite web|title=Zhaling Lake|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1442|access-date=25 April 2018}}}}
}}
Gyaring Lake ({{bo|t=མཚོ་སྐྱ་རིང་|w=mtsho skya ring}}) or Zhaling Lake ({{zh|t=扎陵湖|p=Zhālíng Hú}}) is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment in China, it is in the southeast of Qinghai Province, on the border between Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The lake's Tibetan name means "Long Gray Lake". Gyaring Lake is 526 km², with a drainage area of 8161 km², an elevation of 4292 m, a length of 35 km and a mean width of 15 km (max 21.6 km).{{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=479}}
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Gyaring Lake
|Jan high C = -7.4
|Feb high C = -4.8
|Mar high C = 0.0
|Apr high C = 4.9
|May high C = 8.5
|Jun high C = 11.4
|Jul high C = 14.1
|Aug high C = 13.8
|Sep high C = 9.9
|Oct high C = 4.0
|Nov high C = -2.4
|Dec high C = -6.0
|Jan mean C = -15.3
|Feb mean C = -12.6
|Mar mean C = -7.5
|Apr mean C = -2.1
|May mean C = 2.3
|Jun mean C = 5.6
|Jul mean C = 8.3
|Aug mean C = 7.6
|Sep mean C = 4.1
|Oct mean C = -2.0
|Nov mean C = -10.0
|Dec mean C = -14.3
|year mean C =
|Jan low C = -23.2
|Feb low C = -20.3
|Mar low C = -14.9
|Apr low C = -9.0
|May low C = -3.9
|Jun low C = -0.1
|Jul low C = 2.5
|Aug low C = 1.5
|Sep low C = -1.7
|Oct low C = -8.0
|Nov low C = -17.5
|Dec low C = -22.6
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 4
|Feb precipitation mm = 5
|Mar precipitation mm = 8
|Apr precipitation mm = 12
|May precipitation mm = 30
|Jun precipitation mm = 62
|Jul precipitation mm = 73
|Aug precipitation mm = 63
|Sep precipitation mm = 48
|Oct precipitation mm = 18
|Nov precipitation mm = 4
|Dec precipitation mm = 3
|source 1 = [https://en.climate-data.org/location/970957/ Climate-Data.org]
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Notes
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External links
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{{Lakes of China}}