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West Lake

18 m59 ft
Tonight
22°CFair · Wind 19 km/h N

West Lake is a lake at 18 m above sea level in People's Republic of China.

All facts
Surface elevation
18 m
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3D map

West 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

West Lake terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

West 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

West Lake weather

Today · Fair · 22 / 31°C (72 / 88°F) · Wind 19 km/h N

West Lake forecast for about 18 m.

  • Today22°31°–19 km/h N
  • Sun21°31°–18 km/h NE
  • Mon22°32°–16 km/h NE
  • Tue23°31°–13 km/h NE
  • Wed22°30°–13 km/h SE
  • Thu22°31°–12 km/h SE
  • Fri22°31°–8 km/h SE
  • Sat23°32°–9 km/h SE
  • Sun23°31°–7 km/h SE
  • Mon24°31°–19 km/h NE

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near West Lake

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.7 km SW
Parking0.9 km NNW
Parking1.2 km NW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 84% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
83.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
15.6%
Steep, 30–45°
0.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
204 m low point 4 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 39.6%Trees 38.7%Water 18.4%Bare rock / sparse 1.6%Cropland 0.9%Grassland 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 2 km; 121 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Little Egret12
  • Chinese Pond-Heron12
  • Grey Heron10
  • Oriental Darter10
  • Black-crowned Night Heron8
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul7
Where it sits

Where West Lake sits

Region
China121Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

West 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 2026-01-18)
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
Official website · Wikidata · Wikipedia