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Erhai Lake

1,966 m6,450 ft
Area
245 km²
Tonight
15°CPartly cloudy · Wind 15 km/h S

Erhai Lake is a lake at 1,966 m above sea level in Yunnan, People's Republic of China, 245 km² in area and 41.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,966 m
Length
41.1 km
Shoreline
154.9 km
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3D map

Erhai Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Erhai Lake topographic map

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Erhai Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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

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Lake

Erhai Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
154.9 km
Weather

Erhai Lake weather

Today · Fair · 15 / 24°C (59 / 75°F) · Wind 15 km/h S

Erhai Lake forecast for about 1,966 m.

  • Today15°24°–15 km/h S
  • Sun15°25°–17 km/h S
  • Mon16°26°–15 km/h S
  • Tue17°25°–9 km/h SE
  • Wed16°24°0.1 mm11 km/h S
  • Thu16°24°0.3 mm12 km/h S
  • Fri17°24°0.1 mm12 km/h S
  • Sat16°24°–8 km/h S
  • Sun16°24°0.1 mm12 km/h S
  • Mon15°23°0.1 mm10 km/h S

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 Erhai Lake

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking3.5 km S
Parking3.6 km SSW
Parking3.9 km SW
房车营地Caravan site4.9 km S
Campsite5.0 km NE
Hut7.3 km W
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
74.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
19.9%
Steep, 30–45°
5.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
5.9% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,221 m low point 1,964 m
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 399 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Hoopoe44
  • Little Grebe39
  • Common Coot30
  • Brown-breasted Bulbul30
  • White Wagtail26
  • Sooty-headed Bulbul24
Where it sits

Where Erhai Lake sits

Region
Yunnan4China121Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

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 2026-07-20)
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