What is Lugu Lake?
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox lake |name = Lugu Lake |image = Lugu Lake view from cable car, August 2018 (2).jpg |caption = A view of Lugu Lake from a [[cable car]] |image_bathymetry = |caption_bathymetry = |pushpin_map = China Sichuan#China Yunnan |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Sichuan##Location in Yunnan |location = {{Plainlist| *[[Yanyuan County]], [[Sichuan]] *[[Ninglang Yi Autonomous County]], [[Yunnan]]}} |coords = {{coord|27.7|N|100.8|E|type:waterbody_scale:3000000|display=it}} |lake_type = |inflow = Mosuo River |outflow = Gaizu River (seasonal) joining [[Yalong River]] |catchment = {{convert|171.4|km2|sqmi}} |basin_countries = China |length = {{convert|9.4|km|mi}} |width = {{convert|5.2|km|mi}} (average) |area = {{convert|48.5|km2|sqmi}} |depth = |max-depth = {{convert|93.5|m|ft}} |volume = |residence_time = 18 years<ref>{{cite web |title=Lake Lugu |url=http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/Details/Lake/ASI-226 |website=World Lake Database |publisher=International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) |access-date=13 June 2018 |language=en |archive-date=8 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108004750/http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/Details/Lake/ASI-226 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |shore = |elevation = {{convert|2685|m|ft}} |islands = Five |cities = }} '''Lugu Lake''' ({{zh|s=泸沽湖 |t=瀘沽湖 |p=Lúgū Hú}}) is a lake in the [[Yunnan plateau]] in [[China]]. The lake is part of the border between [[Ninglang County]], [[Yunnan]] and [[Yanyuan County]], [[Sichuan]]. It is an [[alpine climate|alpine]] lake. Because it is at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|2685|m|ft}}, it is the highest lake in all of Yunnan. The lake is surrounded by [[mountain]]s. It has five [[island]]s, four [[peninsula]]s, fourteen [[bay]]s, and seventeen [[beach]]es.<ref name=Cause>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zoores.ac.cn/CN/article/downloadArticleFile.do?attachType=PDF&id=2542 |title=Fish Fauna Status in the Lugu Lake with Preliminary Analysis on Cause and Effect of Human Impacts |access-date=2010-08-20 |publisher=Zoological Resear