South Hulsan Lake
Salt lake in the Qarhan Playa, Qinghai, China
South or Nan Hulsan Lake, also known by other names, is a lake northeast of Golmud in Dulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. A part of the Qarhan Playa, it lies east of Tuanjie Lake and south of North Hulsan Lake. Like the other lakes of the surrounding Qaidam Basin, it is extremely saline.
Name
Hulsan or Hollusun Nor is a romanization of a Mongolian name meaning "Reed Lake", from their former abundance in the area. The adjective "south" distinguishes it from nearby North Hulsan Lake. Huoluxun and Huobuxun are the pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of the same name's transcriptions into Chinese characters. Nan Hulsan or Nanhuobuxun is the same name, prefixed with the Chinese word for "South".
Geography
South Hulsan Lake lies in the southern Hulsan subbasin at the eastern edge of the Qarhan Playa in the southeastern corner of the Qaidam Basin at an elevation of 2,675.6 m (8,780 ft). It lies east of Tuanjie Lake and south of North Hulsan Lake. It is fed from the east by the Nuomuhong (t 諾木洪河, s 诺木洪河, Nuòmùhóng Hé) and Sulinggele or Suolinguole River.
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