Lake · Xinjiang

Sayram Lake

2,074 m6,804 ft

Area: 459 km²
Tonight: -9°CLight snow showers · Wind 13 km/h S

Sayram Lake is a lake at 2,074 m above sea level in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China, 459 km² in area and 30.3 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 2,074 m
Length: 30.3 km
Shoreline: 90.4 km

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3D map

Sayram Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sayram 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

Sayram Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGSayram Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-18.

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GIS & GPS

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Lake

Sayram Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 90.4 km

Weather

Sayram Lake weather

Today · Snow · -9 / -8°C (16 / 18°F) · 3.8 mm · Wind 13 km/h S

Sayram Lake forecast for about 2,074 m.

Today-9°-8°3.8 mm13 km/h S
Sun-9°-5°–14 km/h N
Mon-6°0°–15 km/h N
Tue-3°2°–12 km/h SW
Wed-4°3°–17 km/h SW
Thu-2°3°–7 km/h SW
Fri-3°2°–13 km/h SW
Sat-3°1°–13 km/h SW
Sun-1°3°–5 km/h SW

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.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 73% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

72.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

14.6%

Steep, 30–45°

12.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.7%

Steeper than 30°: 12.9% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 1,431 m low point 1,710 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 49.2%Grassland 37.3%Trees 11.8%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%Moss & lichen 0.8%

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; 74 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Whooper Swan13
Ruddy Shelduck12
Red Clover7
Splay-footed Carpenter5
Sickle alfalfa4
Common Mare's Tail3

Where it sits

Where Sayram Lake sits

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 2026-09-18)
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
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