Lugu Lake

Lugu Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lugu Lake
image_lake = LuguLake.jpg
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location = Sichuan/Yunnan
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outflow =
catchment =
basin_countries = China
length =
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area = 48.5 km²
depth =
max-depth = 93.5 m
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elevation = 2685 m
islands =
cities =

Lugu Lake (Chinese: 泸沽湖; Pinyin: Lúgū Hú) is a high mountain plateau lake, 2685 meters above sea level, located 202 km northeast of Lijiang on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in People's Republic of China. The lake is 48.5 square km in area and is quite deep, being about 93.5 m at its deepest point.cite web
url=http://www.tibet.cn/web/xgll/zyjd20040319/..%5Czyjd20040319/200402004322103221.htm
title=Lugu Lake
publisher=
accessdate=2007-08-06
] It is surrounded by mountains and has eight islands and many bays and beaches. [cite web
url=http://english.cri.cn/2245/2005-3-22/119@219369.htm
title=Lugu Lake
publisher=
accessdate=2007-08-06
]

The inhabitants around the lake are the Mosuo people, a small tribe that is considered a sub clan of Naxi people. They are a matriarchal society and seek to maintain that heritage. [cite web
url=http://www.chinarundreisen.com/stadt/lijiang/whtsmosuopeople.htm
title=Mosuo People by the Lugu Lake
publisher=
accessdate=2007-08-06
] The Mosuo currently do not have a written language [cite web
url=http://www.mosuoproject.org/main.html
title=Lugo Lake Mosuo Cultural Development Association
publisher=
accessdate=2007-08-06
]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.tourochina.com/sightarea/215/Lugu-Lake A general introduction to Lugu Lake]


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