China News Service, Xining, April 1 (Sun Rui, Wang Zhe, Yang Hao) Reporters learned from the Qinghai Provincial Meteorological Research Institute on the 1st that according to the latest monitoring, the overall melting area of Qinghai Lake, China's largest lake, has reached 10.2% of the total lake area. %.
The picture shows the latest remote sensing monitoring map of ice melt in Qinghai Lake. Photo courtesy of Qinghai Provincial Meteorological Research Institute
Qinghai Lake is located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is the largest lake in China. The Qinghai Lake Basin is an important water body for maintaining the ecological security of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the ecological balance of the general environment in northwest China.
Satellite remote sensing monitoring by the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Meteorological Science shows that according to the latest monitoring, the overall melting area of Qinghai Lake, China's largest lake, has reached 10.2% of the total lake area.
According to reports, Qinghai Lake was completely frozen on January 14, 2024; since late March, as the temperature gradually warmed up, the ice surface of Qinghai Lake began to melt, regaining its beautiful appearance.
“Beginning on March 20, the lake ice near Tiebuka Bay and Erhai Lake in Qinghai Lake began to melt on a small scale; on March 28, the lake ice near the mouth of the Buha River, Tiebuka Bay, Erhai Lake and Heima River began to melt. Large areas of melting began; on March 30, the melting range was larger in the southwest, with significant melting of lake ice near the mouth of the Buha River and Tiebuka Bay. The Erhai Sea has basically melted. The southwest side of the Gahai Sea has melted significantly." Qinghai Province Meteorological Research Institute staff said.
According to the forecast of the meteorological department, in the next three days, due to the eastward movement of the plateau trough, there will be a relatively obvious precipitation weather process in most of Qinghai Province. Since the main body of Qinghai Lake has begun to melt, it is expected that this weather process will have little impact on the melting process of Qinghai Lake. (over).