HydroLAKES lake · #14889
Yan Hu
Natural lakeChinaAsia 4439 m
Surface area
40,28km²
Avg depth
4,1m
Volume
164,25km³
Shoreline
71,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Gyêgu TibetanQinghai · China40.29 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Qinghai Hoh Xil
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
40.29 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
40,28km²
Avg depth
4,1m
Volume
164,250km³
Watershed
2 731km²
Shoreline
71,1km
Shore dev. idx
3,16
Residence time
1 385days
Elevation
4 439m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.