Lop Nur
Lop Nur or Lop Nor is a now largely dried-up salt lake formerly located within the Lop Depression in the eastern fringe of the Tarim Basin in the southeastern portion of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, northwestern China, between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deserts.
NASA, Public domain.- Wetland
- …lies at an elevation of around 780 metres (2,560 feet)
- Description: former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
- Also known as“Lake Lo-pu”“Lake Lop”“Lake Luobu”“Lo-pu Po”“Lo-pu-no-erh”“Lob Nor”“Lob Nur”“Lob Nuur”“Lopnor”“Luobubo”
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Latitude
40.70227° or 40° 42′ 8″ north
Longitude
90.93274° or 90° 55′ 58″ east
Open location code
8MGGPW2M+W3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = wetland
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Lop Nur” goes by many names.
بحيرة لوب نورArabic
ԼոբնորArmenian
Lobnor gölüAzerbaijani
Lop NorBasque
লোপ নুরBengali
ЛобнорBulgarian
Лоп нурBulgarian
Lob NorCatalan
Lob NurCatalan
Lop NorCatalan
Lop NurCatalan
Tchan-tchanCatalan
Txan-txanCatalan
Lop NurCentral Kanuri
牢兰海Chinese
盐泽Chinese
盐泽城Chinese
罗布泊Chinese
罗布淖尔Chinese
羅布泊Chinese
蒲昌海Chinese
辅日海Chinese
Lob-norCzech
LobnurCzech
Lop norCzech
Lob NuurDutch
Lop NorDutch
Lop NurDutch
Lop NorEsperanto
Lop NurEsperanto
Lop NurEstonian
Lop NurFinnish
ლობნორიGeorgian
אגם לופHebrew
לופ נורHebrew
लोप नुरHindi
Lop-nórHungarian
Lop NurIndonesian
Lop NorItalian
Lop NurItalian
ロプ・ノールJapanese
ロプ・ノール湖Japanese
ロプノルJapanese
ロプノル湖Japanese
ロプ湖Japanese
羅布泊Japanese
LobnorKazakh
ЛобнорKazakh
لوبنورKazakh
Лобнор көлүKirghiz
로프노르Korean
Lob NorLatin
Loba ezersLatvian
Lobnora ezersLatvian
LobnorsLatvian
LobnūrsLatvian
Lop NorLatvian
Lop NurLatvian
Lop NuurLatvian
LopnūrsLatvian
Taitema LakeLatvian
LobnorasLithuanian
Lop NurasLithuanian
Lop NurMin Nan Chinese
Лоб нуурMongolian
ᠯᠣᠪ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷMongolian
Lop NorNorwegian
Lop NorNorwegian Bokmål
Lop NurNorwegian Bokmål
ਲੋਪ ਨੁਰ ਝੀਲPanjabi
لوپ نورPersian
Łob-norPolish
Lacul Lop NorRomanian
Лоб-НорRussian
Лоп-НорRussian
Лоп НурSerbian
Jezero LopSerbo-Croatian
Lob-NorSerbo-Croatian
LoopnorSwedish
Lop NorSwedish
Lop NurSwedish
లోప్ నూర్Telugu
Lop NurTurkish
LopnurUighur
لوپنۇرUighur
ЛобнорUkrainian
لوپ نورUrdu
LobnorUzbek
Qoraqo‘shunUzbek
Lop NorVietnamese
Lop NurVietnamese
罗布泊Wu Chinese
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