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Lake · Yunnan

Green Lake

1,889 m6,198 ft
Area
0.14 km²
Tonight
14°CClear · Wind 17 km/h W

Green Lake is a lake at 1,889 m above sea level in Yunnan, People's Republic of China, 0.14 km² in area and 0.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,889 m
Length
0.7 km
Shoreline
5.8 km
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Lake

Green Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.7 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
5.8 km≈1½ h to walk around
3D map

Green Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Green Lake terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Green 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

Green Lake weather

Today · Clear · 14 / 27°C (57 / 81°F) · Wind 17 km/h W

Green Lake forecast for about 1,889 m.

  • Today14°27°–17 km/h W
  • Sun14°27°–14 km/h SW
  • Mon15°25°0.3 mm16 km/h S
  • Tue16°25°3.6 mm12 km/h SE
  • Wed15°23°2.4 mm14 km/h SW
  • Thu14°23°0.3 mm9 km/h S
  • Fri15°25°–15 km/h W
  • Sat15°26°–17 km/h SW
  • Sun15°26°0.4 mm14 km/h W
  • Mon13°18°–12 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 Green Lake

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km S
Parking0.3 km SSW
Parking0.3 km SSW
Campsite4.0 km NNW
Campsite5.1 km SW
Campsite6.3 km ENE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
2.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
100 m low point 1,876 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 83.5%Trees 13.4%Bare rock / sparse 1.3%Grassland 0.7%Water 0.7%Cropland 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; 360 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Eurasian Moorhen62
  • Black-crowned Night Heron50
  • Pallas' Squirrel41
  • Little Egret36
  • Grey Heron34
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow33
Where it sits

Where Green Lake sits

Region
Yunnan4China121Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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

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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 2026-02-14)
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 · Wikipedia