Lake · Gansu

Crescent Lake

1,136 m3,727 ft

Max depth: 1 m
Tonight: 1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 30 km/h NE

Crescent Lake is a lake at 1,136 m above sea level in Gansu, People's Republic of China.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,136 m

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Crescent Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Crescent Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
一号停车场
1.3 km NNE · +2 more within 1.8 km
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Nearest campsite
露營區
6.1 km WSW
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All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
一号停车场Parking	1.3 km NNE
二号停车场Parking	1.7 km NE
Parking	1.8 km N
露營區Campsite	6.1 km WSW

3D map

Crescent Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Crescent Lake terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Crescent Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Crescent Lake weather

Today · Fair · 1 / 12°C (34 / 54°F) · Wind 30 km/h NE

Crescent Lake forecast for about 1,136 m.

Today1°12°–30 km/h NE
Sun-2°9°–23 km/h SW
Mon-2°10°–14 km/h NE
Tue-1°10°–14 km/h NW
Wed1°11°–6 km/h S
Thu2°12°–11 km/h SW
Fri1°12°–11 km/h NE
Sat3°12°–12 km/h W
Sun2°12°–11 km/h NE
Mon3°14°–10 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 77% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

76.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.6%

Steep, 30–45°

1.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 328 m low point 1,134 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 73.8%Shrubland 7.4%Cropland 7.3%Trees 7.1%Built-up 3.8%Grassland 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 17 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eurasian Tree Sparrow11
Barn Swallow6
Field bindweed2
Asian Longhorned Beetle2
Desert Finch2
Tuvan Toad-headed Agama1

Where it sits

Where Crescent Lake sits

Downloads

Crescent Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCrescent Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-14.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Crescent Lake

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

West → east through the centre