China: View from the Western Hills onto Dianchi (Lake Dian) with its green algae fringe, near Kunming, Yunnan Province. Dian Lake or Kunming Lake is a large inter-land lake located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau close to Kunming, Yunnan Province. Its nickname is 'Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland,' and it was the model for the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing. It is a freshwater fault lake at 1, m (6,189 ft) above sea level. The lake covers 298 km2 (115 sq mi). It is 39 km (24 mi) long from north to south, and the average depth is m (14 ft).

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