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Jingpo Lake or Lake Jingpo is a lake located in the upper reaches of the Mudan River among the Wanda Mountains in Ningan County, Heilongjiang, in the People's Republic of China. Earlier names for the lake include and The length of the lake from north to south is and the widest distance between east and west is only . The area is and the storage capacity is 1.63 billion m3. The south part of lake is shallow with the deepest place in the northern part at . The lake was created about 10,000 years ago when volcanic eruptions in the region blocked the flow of the Mudanjiang River. The northern side of the river cascades down the Diaoshuilou Falls, a waterfall formed by the lake. This lake is famous for its craggy limestone cliffs (similar to those of Guilin) and its turquoise-colored waters containing 40 types of fish and fresh water coral. On Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn, there is a large surface body of liquid hydrocarbons, Jingpo Lacus, named after Jingpo Lake. ==See also== * List of volcanoes in China 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jingpo Lake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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