| Xiaobiele Lake | |
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| 小别勒湖 (Chinese) | |
  Xiaobiele Lake | |
| Location | Golmud County Haixi Prefecture Qinghai Province China |
| Coordinates | 37°03′00″N 94°39′19″E / 37.05000°N 94.65528°E |
| Type | Endorheic saline lake |
| Basin countries | China |
| Surface area | 0–6.25 km2 (0.00–2.41 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 2,676.4 m (8,781 ft) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 小別勒湖 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 小别勒湖 | ||||||||
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| Xiaobieletan | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 小別勒灘 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 小别勒滩 | ||||||||
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Xiaobiele Lake or Xiaobieletan is an ephemeral lake in the southwestern Qarhan Playa north of Golmud in the Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province in northwestern China. 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.