Jingpo Lake


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 Province, 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 winter average temperature in Heilongjiang Province is below -20°C, but the temperature at the bottom of the water is always above 10°C.
On 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 volcanic eruptions in the region blocked the flow of the Mudan River. Jingpo Lake has experienced five volcanic eruptions. It is the largest alpine lava barrier lake in China.