Ayding Lake
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Ayding Lake is a hypersaline, often seasonally dry lake in China’s Turpan Depression, notable as one of the lowest points on Earth’s land surface.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ayding Lake canonical | 1 |
| Ayding Lake area | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endorheic lake
ⓘ
salt lake ⓘ |
| basinType | endorheic basin ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| drainage | no outlet to the sea ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately −154 m
ⓘ
approximately −505 ft ⓘ |
| formation | tectonic depression lake ⓘ |
| geologicalContext | below sea level basin ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalSignificance | extreme low elevation ⓘ |
| hydrology | seasonally dry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme heat in surrounding area
ⓘ
very low annual precipitation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Turpan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turpan Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInDesertRegion | Turpan Depression desert area ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of the lowest points on Earth’s land surface ⓘ |
| partOf | Turpan Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | inland lake ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | southeastern part of Turpan Depression ⓘ |
| salinity | very high ⓘ |
| surfaceCondition |
often dry lakebed
ⓘ
salt crusts ⓘ |
| waterType | hypersaline ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ayding Lake area