| Suli Lake | |
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| 涩聂湖 (Chinese) | |
 A map of the Qarhan Playa (1975), with Suli Lake (Se-nieh Hu) in the far west | |
  Suli Lake | |
| Location | Golmud County Haixi Prefecture Qinghai Province China |
| Coordinates | 37°02′06″N 94°18′54.5″E / 37.03500°N 94.315139°E |
| Type | Endorheic saline lake |
| Primary inflows | Urt Moron River |
| Basin countries | China |
| Surface area | 69–85 km2 (27–33 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 2,675.6 m (8,778 ft) |
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 The Sanhu Depression in 2014, with Suli in central south (ESA) | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 澀聶湖 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 涩聂湖 | ||||||||
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Suli or Senie Lake is a lake in the western Qarhan Playa north of Golmud in the Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province in northwestern China. It is fed from the west by the Urt Moron River. Like the other lakes of the surrounding Qaidam Basin, it is extremely saline; like the other lakes of the surrounding Bieletan subbasin, it is rich in lithium. Its underlying salt has also trapped one of China's largest onshore natural gas fields.