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Ebi Lake

Coordinates: 44°53′N 83°00′E / 44.883°N 83.000°E / 44.883; 83.000
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Ebi Lake
LocationBörtala, Xinjiang, China
Coordinates44°53′N 83°00′E / 44.883°N 83.000°E / 44.883; 83.000
TypeRift lake
Primary inflowsKuitun River, Bortala River, Jinghe River (intermittent)
Primary outflowsnone
Basin countriesChina
Surface area1070 km²
Average depth1.4 m
Max. depth2.8 m
Water volume760 mil. m³
Surface elevation189 m

Aibi Lake (Mongolian: Ev nuur; Middle Mongolian: Ebi; Chinese: ; pinyin: Ài) is a rift lake in north west China, near the border to Kazakhstan. Lying at the southeast end of the Dzungarian Gate, it is the catchment center of the southwestern part of the Dzungarian Basin. The lake has a size of over 1000 square kilomenters (400 square miles) and an average depth of less than 2 meters (6½ feet).

Due to the high salt concentration (87 g/L) of its water, no plants or fish live in the actual lake, though many kinds of fish do live in the mouths of its source rivers.

In August 2007, the Aibi Lake wetland was designated National Nature Reserve by the Chinese government.

The lake now only has 500 km2 surface [1]

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