There are several inland lakes in China.

Many, but not many. The famous ones are Qinghai Lake, Lop Nur, Namco, Yang Zhuo Yongco, Mabian Yongco, Selinco and Bosten Lake.

Inland lake refers to a lake that is located at the tail of a river or forms an independent catchment separately, and the lake water does not leak into the sea. Inland lakes in China are mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet, such as Qinghai Lake and Lop Nur. The area is far from the ocean, with dry climate and balanced water quantity: the recharge part is mainly runoff into the lake, and the loss part is mainly evaporation from the lake. Some lakes have zero flow. Almost all the water from the closed lake evaporated.

Inland lakes in China are mainly distributed in the inflow areas of Meng Xin, Gan Qing and Tibet, such as Qinghai Lake and Lop Nur. They are far from the sea and have a dry climate. The characteristics of water balance are that the recharge part is mainly runoff into the lake, and the loss part is mainly evaporation from the lake. Some lakes have zero outflow. In the closed lake, almost all the incoming water evaporated. The change of water level in inland lakes is also affected by the water regime of the rivers entering the lakes, which corresponds to the high water level of inland rivers in spring and summer flood season.

Because of the small throughput, inland lakes have little or no function of regulating runoff. At the same time, some inland lakes are gradually concentrated due to small recharge and strong evaporation, forming saltwater lakes or salt lakes. Due to drought and the increase of upstream water consumption, the inflow decreased, and many inland lakes shrank or even dried up, such as the famous Juyanhai and Lop Nur.

Qinghai Lake is also called "Cuowumbu", which means "blue sea" in Tibetan. Located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai Province, China, it is the largest lake in China, the largest saltwater lake and inland lake in China, which was formed by the collapse of faults between Datong Mountain, Sun Moon Mountain and Nanshan Mountain in Qinghai. Haixinshan and Bird Island in Qinghai Lake are both tourist attractions.

On July 30th, 20 12, the remote sensing monitoring results of Qinghai Institute of Meteorological Science showed that the area of Qinghai Lake, the largest inland saltwater lake in China, increased for eight consecutive years. 2014101at 9: 50 on October 20, a spectacular scene of "dragon sucking water" appeared on the north side of Haixin Mountain in Qinghai Lake.