| Dabiele Lake | |
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| 大别勒湖 (Chinese) | |
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  Dabiele Lake | |
| Location | Golmud County Haixi Prefecture Qinghai Province China |
| Coordinates | 36°54′20″N 94°23′28″E / 36.90556°N 94.39111°E |
| Type | Endorheic saline lake |
| Primary inflows | Tuolahai River Qingshui River |
| Basin countries | China |
| Surface area | 0–7.38 km2 (0.00–2.85 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 2,676.6 m (8,781 ft) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 大別勒湖 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大别勒湖 | ||||||||
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| Bieletan | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 別勒灘 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 别勒滩 | ||||||||
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| Dabieletan | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 大別勒灘 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大别勒滩 | ||||||||
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Dabiele Lake, also known by other names, is an ephemeral lake in the southwestern Qarhan Playa north of Golmud in the Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province in northwestern China. It is fed by the Tuolahai and Qingshui Rivers from the Kunlun Mountains to the south. Like the other lakes of the surrounding Qaidam Basin, it is extremely saline; like the other lakes in the Bieletan subbasin, it is rich in lithium.