Photo taken on August 3, 2009 shows part of the summer scenery of Qinghai Lake. Located in northeast part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an altitude of over 3,200 meters, Qinghai Lake, covering an area of 4,300 square km, and about 150 kilometers west of Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, is the largest lake, and also the largest salt-water lake in China as well as an important ecological and natural reserve. [Xinhua]

Photo taken on August 3, 2009 shows part of the summer scenery of Qinghai Lake. Located in northeast part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an altitude of over 3,200 meters, Qinghai Lake, covering an area of 4,300 square km, and about 150 kilometers west of Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, is the largest lake, and also the largest salt-water lake in China as well as an important ecological and natural reserve. [Xinhua]