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水文类:湖

  云中湖

 

Name:YunzhongLake                      

  位于九宫山之巅,为目前已知的我国第三高山湖泊。湖底海拔1230m,面积100多亩,蓄水100多万m3,最深处35m。湖泊座落于元古界冷家溪群变质岩与燕山期花岗岩(形成于距今约150Ma)之接触带上。为第四纪早期冰川掘蚀形成的冰盆积水,后由人工筑坝而成。为九宫山标志性景观。

  Yunzhong Lake, located at the top of Jiugong Mountain, is the third largest alpine lake inChinaas we present known. The bottom of lake is1230mabove the sea level and more than 16 acres which can store more than1,000,000 m3water and the deepest depth is35m. TheYunzhongLake, a glacial basin eroded by glacial plucking in early quaternary , is situated on the contact zone of metamorphic rocks of Proterozoic and granite of Yanshannian which is the symbol ofJiugongMountain.