Jingpo Lake
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Jingpo Lake or Lake Jingpo (Pinyin: Jìng Pō Hú) is a lake located in the upper reaches of the Mudan River among the Wanda Mountains in Ningan County, Heilongjiang Province, in the People's Republic of China. Earlier names for the lake include Meituohu Lake, Huhanhai Lake, and Bilten Lake (Manchurian: ᠪᡳᠯᡨᡝᠨ).
The length of the lake from north to south is 45 kilometers (28 mi) and the widest distance between east and west is only 6 kilometers (3.7 mi). The area is 95 km2 (37 sq mi) and the storage capacity is 1.63 billion cubic metres (2.13 billion cubic yards). The south part of lake is shallow with the deepest place in the northern part at 62 meters (203 ft).
The winter average temperature in Heilongjiang Province is below -20°C (4°F), but the temperature at the bottom of the water is always above 10°C (50°F).
On Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn, there is a large surface body of liquid hydrocarbons, Jingpo Lacus, named after Jingpo Lake.
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