China has more than 370 large lakes．The five major freshwater lakes include the Poyang(the largest freshwater lake； area： 3，583 square kilometers or 1，383 square miles．；lake surface elevation：21 meters；deepest：16 meters)．Tongting (the second largest freshwater lake；area：2，820 square kilometers or 1，088．52 square miles．; lake surface elevation：34．5 meters；deepest：30．8 meters)，Taihu or Lake Tai(the third largest freshwater lake；area：2．420 square kilometers or 934．12 square miles．；lake surface elevation：3 meters： deepest：4·8 meters)，Hongze (the fourth largest freshwater lake， area：2，069 square kilometers or 798．63 square miles；lake surface elevation：12．5 meters；deepest：5·5 meters)，and Chaohu(the fifth largest freshwater lake, area：820 square kilometers or 316．52 square miles．；lake surface elevation：10 meters；deepest：5 meters).  Among China’s alt lakes the Qinghai lake (area：4，583 square kilometers；lake deepest：32．8 meters) is the largest.

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