Donggeicuona Lake

Donggeicuona Lake

Donggeicuona lake, also known as Tosuo lake and black sea. In Maduo County, buqingshan and buerhanbuda Intermountain fault basin.

Morphological description

The eastern part of the lakeside is the soft silt belt formed after the lake retreated, with an area of 6.0km2 and open terrain; the mountains in other directions are close to the lakeside, only the river flows into the lakeside, and there are small alluvial fans developed, and the lakeside is steep. The water level is 4082.00m, the length is 32.2km, the maximum width is 9.5km, the average width is 7.21km, and the area is about 232.2km2. There are two stone islands in the lake, with an area of 0.30 km2 and 0.07 km2 respectively.

ecological environment

The lake area belongs to the semi-arid climate of Qingnan alpine grassland. The catchment area is 3 040.0 km2 and the recharge coefficient is 13.1. The lake water is mainly supplied by surface runoff. There are 3-4 rivers entering the lake. Dongqu river is the largest, with a length of 83.0km. The middle and upper reaches of the lake have abundant water. The lower reaches of the lake have serious leakage and become dry ditches. Near the lakeshore, the river flows into the lake in the form of spring water. The second river flows into the lake in the form of xiemaangli River in the north, with a length of 27.0km. It is 24.0km away from Huashixia station of Qingkang highway, only accessible by country road, so the traffic is inconvenient.

Address: Maduo County, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Longitude: 98.638057

Latitude: 35.278911

Chinese PinYin : Dong Gei Cuo Na Hu