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.

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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

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Turpan Depression contains Ayding Lake
Turpan Depression tourismAttractions Ayding Lake
this entity surface form: Ayding Lake area