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{{Short description|Lake in Heilongjiang, China}}
{{Infobox lake
| name = Lake Jingpo
| image = Jingpo Lake, rowing boat.jpg
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| location = [[Ningan County]], [[Heilongjiang]]
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| area = {{convert|95|km2|abbr=on}}
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{{Infobox Chinese
| title = Jingpo Lake
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| t = {{linktext|鏡泊湖}}
| s = {{linktext|镜泊湖}}
| l = {{nowrap|"Mirror Lake"}}
| p = Jìng Pōhú
| w = Ching⁴ P{{wg-apos}}o¹-hu²
| mi = {{nowrap|t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵xu³⁵}}
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'''Jingpo Lake''' or '''Lake Jingpo'''{{refn|Sometimes mistakenly [[romanization of Chinese|romanized]] as {{nowrap|'''Lake Jingbo'''}} or {{nowrap|'''Jingbo Lake'''}} owing to an unrelated alternate pronunciation of the second [[Chinese characters|character]]. The name itself is something of a misnomer, as the ''pō'' ("[[lakes of China|lake]]") properly modifies ''hú'' and not ''jìng''.}} ({{zh|c=镜泊湖}}; ''[[Pinyin]]'': Jìng Pō Hú) is a [[lakes of China|lake]] located in the upper reaches of the [[Mudan River]] among the [[Wanda Mountains]] in [[Ningan County]], [[Heilongjiang]] Province, in the [[People's Republic of China]]. Earlier names for the lake include {{nowrap|'''Meituohu Lake'''}} ({{lang-zh|labels=no|湄沱湖}}), {{nowrap|'''Huhanhai Lake'''}} ({{lang-zh|labels=no|忽汗海}}), and {{nowrap|'''Bilten Lake'''}} (Manchurian: {{MongolUnicode|ᠪᡳᠯᡨᡝᠨ}}; {{lang-zh|畢爾騰湖}}).

The length of the lake from north to south is {{convert|45|km|mi|sp=us}} and the widest distance between east and west is only {{convert|6|km|mi|sp=us}}. The area is {{convert|95|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us}} and the storage capacity is 1.63 billion m<sup>3</sup>. The south part of lake is shallow with the deepest place in the northern part at {{convert|62|m|ft|sp=us}}.

The winter average temperature in Heilongjiang Province is below -20°C (-4°F), but the temperature at the bottom of the water is always above 10°C (50°F).<ref>{{Cite web|last=关晓萌|title=Amazing China: A huge alpine hot spring|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202010/02/WS5f765e7ca31024ad0ba7d05e.html|access-date=2021-06-28|website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref>

On [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the largest moon of the planet [[Saturn]], there is a large surface body of liquid [[hydrocarbons]], [[Jingpo Lacus]], named after Jingpo Lake.

== Formation ==
The lake was created about 10,000 years ago when the lava of [[volcanoes of China|volcanic eruptions]] in the region blocked the flow of the [[Mudanjiang River|Mudan River]]. Jingpo Lake has experienced five volcanic eruptions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=黑龙江牡丹江镜泊湖景区介绍_镜泊湖简介|url=https://mudanjiang.cncn.com/jingdian/jingbohu/profile|access-date=2021-06-28|website=mudanjiang.cncn.com}}</ref> It is the largest alpine lava [[Landslide dam|barrier lake]] in China.<ref>{{Cite web|last=关晓萌|title=Amazing China: A huge alpine hot spring|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202010/02/WS5f765e7ca31024ad0ba7d05e.html|access-date=2021-06-28|website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:吊水樓瀑布 Diaoshuilou Waterfall - panoramio (1).jpg|Diaoshuilou Waterfall in the summer (13 June 2010)
File:Jingpo Lake Winter.jpg|Diaoshuilou Waterfall at Jingpo Lake during winter
File:Jingpohu Lake, Jingpohu Global Geopark, Heilongjiang, China (10 September 2014).jpg|Jingpohu Lake, Jingpohu Global Geopark, Heilongjiang, China (10 September 2014)
File:Sunset of Jingpo Lake in Heilongjiang Province, China.jpg|Sunset on Jingpo Lake
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of volcanoes in China]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://fdi.gov.cn/pub/FDI_EN/Economy/Investment%20Environment/Natural%20Resources/Natural%20Resource%20Endowments/t20060420_24782.htm  Brief Introduction of China's Major Lakes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051356/http://fdi.gov.cn/pub/FDI_EN/Economy/Investment%20Environment/Natural%20Resources/Natural%20Resource%20Endowments/t20060420_24782.htm |date=2007-09-28 }}
*[http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/190047.htm Jingpo Lake: More Than Natural Scenery] with photos

{{Volcanoes of China}}
{{Lakes of China}}
{{Heilongjiang topics}}

[[Category:Lakes of China|Jingpo]]
[[Category:Bodies of water of Heilongjiang]]
[[Category:Volcanoes of China]]
[[Category:Geography of Heilongjiang]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Heilongjiang]]
[[Category:Global Geoparks Network members]]
[[Category:Geoparks in China]]
[[Category:Landforms of Heilongjiang]]
[[Category:Parks in Heilongjiang]]
[[Category:Lava dammed lakes]]

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