Erhai Lake
Erhai or Er Lake, is an alpine fault lake in Dali City, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. Erhai was also known as Yeyuze or Kunming Lake in ancient times.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Dali L.”, “Dali Lake”, “Erhai L.”, “L. Dali”, “L. Erhai”, “L. Ta-li”, “L. Tali”, “Lake Dali”, “Lake Erhai”, “Lake Ta-li”, “Lake Tali”, “Ta-li L.”, “Ta-li Lake”, “Tali L.”, and “Tali Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dali.
Dali
Town
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dali Town is a township-level division in Dali City, in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. The town contains the historic centre of the county-level city of Dali and is also commonly known as Dali Old Town. Dali is situated 8 km south of Erhai Lake.
Erhai Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Yunnan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Erhai Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Erhai Lake” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Er lakua”
- Belarusian: “Эрхай”
- Bengali: “ইরহাই হ্রদ”
- Bengali: “এরহাই হ্রদ”
- Chinese: “洱海”
- Chinese: “西洱河”
- Chinese: “西洱海”
- Chuvash: “Эрхай”
- Czech: “Er-chaj”
- Danish: “Erhai”
- Dutch: “Er Hai”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اراى”
- Esperanto: “Lago Er”
- French: “lac Erhai”
- French: “Lac Erhai”
- Georgian: “ერხაი”
- German: “Er Hai”
- German: “Erhai-See”
- German: “Erhai”
- Hindi: “अरहई झील”
- Indonesian: “Danau Erhai”
- Italian: “Lago Erhai”
- Japanese: “ジ海”
- Japanese: “洱海”
- Korean: “얼하이”
- Korean: “얼하이호”
- Literary Chinese: “西洱海”
- Lithuanian: “Erhai”
- Lithuanian: “Erhajus”
- Panjabi: “ਅਰਹਾਈ ਝੀਲ”
- Persian: “دریاچه اره”
- Polish: “Er Hai”
- Russian: “Эрхай”
- Spanish: “Lago Erhai”
- Swedish: “Er Hai”
- Swedish: “Erhai Lake”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบเอ๋อร์ไห่”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบเอ๋อไห่”
- Thai: “เอ๋อไห่”
- Turkish: “Erhai Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Ерхай”
- Venetian: “lago Erhai”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Nhĩ Hải”
- Vietnamese: “Nhĩ Hải”
- Yue Chinese: “昆明池”
- Yue Chinese: “洱海”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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