Yunnan Erhai tourism

Erhai Lake was called Kunming Pool, Erhe River and Ye Yuze in ancient times. Located in Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Generally, the lake covers an area of about 246 square kilometers (252 square kilometers) and has a storage capacity of about 2.95 billion cubic meters. It is long and narrow, starting from the southern end of Eryuan County in the north and ending in Xiaguan, Dali City in the south, with a length of 40 kilometers from north to south. It is the second largest lake in Yunnan after Dianchi Lake. Erhai Lake was formed at the end of the Ice Age, and its main cause was subsidence and erosion. It belongs to a plateau tectonic rift lake with an altitude of 1972 meters.

Erhai Lake, belonging to the Lancang River Basin, is the upper source of the Yangbi River tributary, Xi 'er River. The lake flows from Xi 'er River to Xiaguan in Dali City and flows into Yangbi River to the west.

Erhai Lake has seven main functions, such as water supply, agricultural irrigation, power generation, climate regulation, fishery, shipping and tourism. Cangshan Mountain runs like a screen in the west of Erhai Lake, surrounded by Jade Mountain in the east, and the space environment is beautiful.

In 1981, Cangshan Erhai Nature Reserve was established with the approval of Yunnan Provincial People's Government, and in 1994, it was promoted to the national level. Its main protection targets are plateau freshwater lakes, aquatic animals and plants, natural landscapes and glacier relics in the transitional zone between north and south animals and plants, with an area of 79,700 hectares.