Lugu Lake

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Lugu Lake
Location Sichuan/Yunnan
Basin countries China
Surface area 48.5 km2 (18.7 sq mi)
Max. depth 93.5 m (307 ft)
Surface elevation 2,685 m (8,810 ft)

Lugu Lake (Chinese: 泸沽湖; Pinyin: Lúgū Hú) is a high mountain plateau lake, 2685 meters above sea level, located 202 km northeast of Lijiang on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in China. The lake is 48.5 square km in area and is quite deep, being about 93.5 m at its deepest point.[1] It is surrounded by mountains and has eight islands and many bays and beaches.[2]

The inhabitants around the lake are the Mosuo people, a small tribe that is considered a sub clan of Naxi people. The Mosuo currently do not have a written language.[3]

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