Gaoyou Lake
Gaoyou Lake is the sixth largest freshwater lake in China. It is located between Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province. In a sense, Gaoyou Lake is a manmade lake, and its creation is part of a long story about flood control and hydraulic engineering in ancient China.
- Lake
- …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
- Description: lake in China
- Also known as“Gaoyou”“Kao-pao Hu”“Kao-ya Hu”“Kao-yu”“Kao-yu Hu”“Kao-yu Lake”“Lake Gaoyou”“Lake Kao-yu”“Lake Peixe”“Peixe Lake”
Gaoyou Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
32.83018° or 32° 49′ 49″ north
Longitude
119.31403° or 119° 18′ 51″ east
Open location code
8P4XR8J7+3J
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Wu Chinese—“Gaoyou Lake” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Гааюху”
- Bulgarian: “Гаоюху”
- Chinese: “Fánliáng hú”
- Chinese: “Fánliánghú”
- Chinese: “Gāoyóu hú”
- Chinese: “Gāoyóuhú”
- Chinese: “樊良”
- Chinese: “樊良湖”
- Chinese: “高邮”
- Chinese: “高邮湖”
- Chinese: “高郵”
- Chinese: “高郵湖”
- Czech: “Kao-jou-chu”
- French: “lac Gaoyou”
- French: “Lac Gaoyou”
- Georgian: “გაობაოხუ”
- Georgian: “კაოპაოხუ”
- German: “Kao-ju Hu”
- Italian: “Lago Gaoyou”
- Japanese: “ペイシェ湖”
- Japanese: “高郵湖”
- Latin: “Piexe L.”
- Latin: “Piexe Lacus”
- Latin: “Piexe”
- Panjabi: “ਗਾਓਯੂ ਝੀਲ”
- Polish: “Gaoyou Hu”
- Polish: “Kaoju-hu”
- Russian: “Гаоюху”
- Spanish: “Lago Gaoyou”
- Swedish: “Gaoyou Hu”
- Western Panjabi: “گاؤیو جھیل”
- Wu Chinese: “高邮湖”
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