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Dian Lake

1,886 m6,188 ft
Area
298 km²
Max depth
11 m
Tonight
17°CClear · Wind 19 km/h SW

Dian Lake is a lake at 1,886 m above sea level in Yunnan, People's Republic of China, 298 km² in area and 39.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,886 m
Length
39.6 km
Shoreline
168.2 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Dian Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
168.2 km
3D map

Dian Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Dian 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

Dian Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Dian Lake weather

Today · Clear · 17 / 25°C (63 / 77°F) · Wind 19 km/h SW

Dian Lake forecast for about 1,886 m.

  • Today17°25°–19 km/h SW
  • Sun17°26°–17 km/h S
  • Mon17°25°–26 km/h SE
  • Tue17°24°1.6 mm19 km/h SE
  • Wed16°23°0.9 mm15 km/h S
  • Thu16°23°–14 km/h S
  • Fri16°25°–15 km/h S
  • Sat17°25°–19 km/h SW
  • Sun17°25°0.5 mm15 km/h SW
  • Mon15°17°0.3 mm18 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Dian Lake

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

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Parking2.1 km WNW
Campsite4.2 km W
Parking5.0 km NNW
Parking5.1 km NNW
Campsite6.6 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 86% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
85.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
12.9%
Steep, 30–45°
1.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
1.2% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
549 m low point 1,872 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 47.5%Trees 25.0%Grassland 14.0%Cropland 6.4%Built-up 4.9%Bare rock / sparse 2.1%

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 10 km; 180 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Grey Heron5
  • Asian Honey Bee5
  • Long-tailed Shrike4
  • Jimsonweed4
  • Parrot's feather4
  • Apple-of-Peru4
Where it sits

Where Dian Lake sits

Region
Yunnan4China121Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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

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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 2026-02-14)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia