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    Erhai or Er Lake (Chinese: 洱海; pinyin: Ěrhǎi), is an alpine fault lake in Dali City, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. Erhai was also known as...
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    surrounds Erhai Lake between the Cang Mountains to the west and Mount Jizu to the east. The county seat at Xiaguan is located at the outlet of the lake into...
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    have utilized cormorant fishing since the 9th century on the banks of Erhai Lake. Traditionally practised for sustenance, cormorant fishing is now primarily...
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    of 212 square kilometers. The lake is ranked third-largest in Yunnan, after Dian Lake and Erhai Lake. The deepest lake in Yunnan, it is 155 meters deep...
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    settled on the fertile land of western Yunnan around the alpine fault lake Erhai. The Black Mywa (Wuman), considered to be predecessors of the Yi people...
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    to archaeological excavations around Lake Erhai, the Bai people could have originated in the area around the lake. The earliest human site was discovered...
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    Fault, is filled by Erhai, a lake that is part of the Mekong River basin. The old town of Dali is located on a plain between Erhai on the east and the...
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    Dian Lake is recognized as an ecoregion. Among three major Yunnan lakes with a high number of endemics, the other two being Fuxian and Erhai, the most...
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  • celebrates the marriage of a princess, from the family of the dragon king of Erhai Lake, and a fisherman. The princess and the fisherman went to an annual market...
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    Tonghai County Erhai Lake, near Dali City Lugu Lake, in Ninglang near the border with Sichuan Yangzong Lake, in Yiliang County Yilong Lake Yunnan is the...
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    the Yangtze. Major lakes have formed in the Yunnan portions of the Yungui Plateau, including Dian Chi and Fuxian Lake. Erhai Lake is located on the plateau's...
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    framework has been used to map localized socio-environmental performance in Erhai lake-catchment (China), Scotland, Wales, the UK, South Africa, Netherlands...
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    Lijiang (section Lugu Lake)
    Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the Three Rivers Concurrent, and the Cangshan Erhai Lake. It is an important part of the Yulong Snow Mountain Scenic Area. This...
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    multiple villages consecrated to the same benzhu. In every village around Erhai Lake the local people have developed a peculiar mythology about their local...
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    peak of the massive Cangshan Mountains and face the west shore of the Erhai Lake of ancient Dali. The Three Pagodas are made of brick and covered with...
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  • list of lakes of China. Poyang Lake Dongting Lake Lake Tai Hongze Lake Chao Lake Hulun Lake Lake Xingkai Nansi Lake Bosten Lake Qinghai Lake Namtso Siling...
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    Scenic Spots (2001) Haitan Scenic Spots (2001) Dali Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake Scenic Spot (2001) Sites for Liquor Making in China (2008) Ancient Residences...
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    Lugu Lake (simplified Chinese: 泸沽湖; traditional Chinese: 瀘沽湖; pinyin: Lúgū Hú) is located in the northwest of the Yunnan plateau, with the middle of the...
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  • Dongyang, Zhejiang province. The Liuboshan scenes (流波山) were filmed in Erhai Lake, Yunnan. The television series's soundtrack is composed by Japanese composers...
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    Event and Cold Events in Early-Mid Holocene: Record from the sediment of Erhai Lake" (PDF). Advances in Climate Change Research. 3 (Suppl): 1673–1719. Archived...
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    Larson-Wang, Jessica. "The History Behind the Cormorant Fishermen of Erhai Lake". Culture Trip. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2019-08-17...
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    branch of Di-Qiang. The Kunming Yi lived in the neighbouring region of Erhai Lake during the Western Han dynasty. The Han dynasty incorporated the territory...
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    flows into the Erhai Lake. The lake is about 2.6 long from north to south and 0.8 to 2.2 km wide from east to west. The surface of the lake is about 1,968...
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    residents. Xizhou is located about 1 km (0.62 mi) from the shores of Erhai Lake to the east, and 2 km (1.2 mi) to the Cang Mountain to the west. Xizhou...
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    was centered on present-day Yúnnán in China), the Nāga inhabited the Ěrhǎi lake and is the creator of the Mekong. In China, the Nāga (Chinese: 那伽) is...
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    endemic to a single lake, most notably Lake Erhai, as well as Lake Dian, Fuxian Lake, Lake Jilu, Lake Qilihu, Lake Xingyun and Lake Yi-Lung, which are...
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    sea of auspicious clouds in the south, the Cangshan Mountain and the Erhai Lake in the west, and the Yulong Snow Mountain in the north. Xu Xiake (1586-1641)...
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  • romantic love story of the Bai minority people in Dali's Cang Mountain and Erhai lake. Xia Yan emphasized that the director should avoid the explicit representation...
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  • Island Jiangyanansha Jiuduansha Xiasha Sheshan Island Zhongsha Islands of Erhai Lake: Jinsuo Island Nanzhao Island Xiaoputuo Yuji Island Zhoushan Archipelago...
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    River and drains southward into the Erhai Lake via the Miju River (the upstream of it called Haiwei River).The lake is 6.1 km long and 0.75–2.5 km wide...
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