Dian Lake (Chinese: 滇池; pinyin: Diānchí), also known as Dianchi, Dianchi Lake, Lake Dian and Kunming Lake, is a fault lake located on the Puduhe-Xishan...
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Dian (Chinese: 滇) was an ancient kingdom established by the Dian people, a non-Han metalworking civilization that inhabited around the Dian Lake plateau...
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Erhai. It is one of three major Yunnan lakes with a high number of endemics, the two other being Fuxian and Dian (Dianchi). Of the 23 fish species and...
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third-largest lake in Yunnan, after Dian Lake and Erhai Lake, and the deepest, at 155 meters. It is the third-deepest fresh water lake in China, after...
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Dian may refer to: Dian Kingdom, ancient kingdom in modern Yunnan province, China Diān (滇), an official abbreviation for Yunnan province Lake Dian, a lake...
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Dian Fossey (/daɪˈæn/ dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive...
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Dianshan Lake (simplified Chinese: 淀山湖; traditional Chinese: 澱山湖; pinyin: Diànshān Hú) is a freshwater lake west of Zhujiajiao, Qingpu District, in Shanghai...
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China. Situated in Western Mountains (Xi Shan), which rise to the west of Dian Lake, the national park occupies an area of approximately 442 hectares. Its...
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list of lakes of China. Poyang Lake Dongting Lake Lake Tai Hongze Lake Chao Lake Hulun Lake Lake Xingkai Nansi Lake Bosten Lake Qinghai Lake Namtso Siling...
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Chu during the Warring States period. He was sent to the region around Dian Lake as part of a Chu military campaign. When the Chu homeland was invaded...
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Mingjing, a wealthy real estate investor, as part of a complex he owns near Dian Lake in the western suburbs of Kunming that also includes the World Butterfly...
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districts except Jinning. It is at the northern edge of Dian Lake, surrounded by temples and lakes and karst topography. Kunming consists of an old, previously...
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capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China, situated on east bank of the Dian Lake. The name Chenggong is a transliteration of the Yi language word for a...
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Golden-line barbel (category Lake fish of Asia)
species of cyprinid fish endemic to Dian Lake and its tributaries in Yunnan, China. It has been extirpated from the lake itself due to heavy pollution, but...
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Caohai Lake (Chinese: 草海; pinyin: Cǎo Hǎi, Sea of Grass in Chinese) is a natural water-body situated in Northwest Guizhou Province of southwest China....
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Yangtze (section Reconnecting lakes)
(it is considered a delicacy), habitat loss and pollution. The polluted Dian Lake, which is part of the upper Yangtze watershed (via Pudu River), is home...
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Lugu Lake (simplified Chinese: 泸沽湖; traditional Chinese: 瀘沽湖; pinyin: Lúgū Hú) is located in the northwest of the Yunnan plateau, with the middle of the...
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imperial park's] Kunming [Pool; named after the Kunming lake, i.e. Dian Lake]; there was Lake Hao; [Hao was] twenty-five li from Feng; all were several...
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Jinning District, Yunnan, China. It is situated southwest of Dianchi (Dian Lake), with a resident population of 83,500 within its total area of 119.79...
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Province, Southwest China. Xishan District occupies the western bank of Dian Lake. It takes its name from the Western Mountains (Xishan) located within...
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Turkic people or Yeniseian people may be related to the Jie. Dian 滇國 (diānguó) Dian Lake, Yunnan 4th century BC to 1st century BC, assimilated into Hans...
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south will never rebel again." Zhuge Liang then led his forces towards Dian Lake in triumph. After pacifying the four commanderies of Yizhou (益州; a.k.a...
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from Dian Lake and Songhuaba Reservoir, both in Kunming, Yunnan. It can reach sizes above 31 cm (12 in) SL. The species was once common in Dian Lake, but...
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dianchiensis is a critically endangered species of stone loach endemic to the Dian Lake in China, but it has not been confirmed in decades and is likely extinct...
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China. It is known with certainty from Dian Lake and the associated streams; similar fish reported from other lakes might or might not refer to this species...
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云南民族博物馆; pinyin: Yúnnán Mínzú Bówùguǎn) is located on the east bank of Dian Lake in Kunming, Yunnan, China, next to the Yunnan Ethnic Village. Opened on...
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south will never again rebel." Zhuge Liang then led his forces towards Dian Lake in triumph. The Nanzhong region was basically pacified by the autumn of...
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County (晋宁县) by the State Council. It is located at the southern tip of Dian Lake and is well known within China as the birthplace of Zheng He. The southwestern...
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river leaves Dian Lake near Haikou Subdistrict (海口街道) in Xishan District, Kunming, in the southwestern part of the lake. The outlet of the lake is called...
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had died. Nie Er's Tomb, with his statue, in Xishan Forest Park beside Dian Lake, Kunming Nie Er's Tomb (聶耳墓) Nie Er Memorial Square in Fujisawa, Kanagawa...
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