Fuxian Lake stretches out through Chengjiang County

Chengjiang County

Chengjiang County is located in Yuxi, Yunnan Province, China, just north of Fuxian Lake....

, Jiangchuan County

Jiangchuan County

Jiangchuan County is located in Yuxi, Yunnan Province, China.-External links:*...

 and Huaning County

Huaning County

Huaning County is located in Yuxi, Yunnan Province, China.-External links:*...

 in Yunnan Province, spanning an area of 212 square kilometers. The lake is ranked third largest in Yunnan

Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...

, right after the Dianchi Lake and the Erhai Lake

Erhai Lake

Er Lake, Chinese Erhai , is an alpine fault lake in Yunnan province, China. Its name means "Ear-shaped Sea", due to its shape as seen by locals and travellers. Er Lake was also known as Yeyuze or Kunming Lake in ancient times. A commonly-seen mistranslation is Erhai Lake.-Geography:Erhai is...

. Also the deepest lake in Yunnan, it is 155 meters deep at its greatest depth. It is also the second deepest fresh water

Fresh Water

Fresh Water is the debut album by Australian rock and blues singer Alison McCallum, released in 1972. Rare for an Australian artist at the time, it came in a gatefold sleeve...

 lake in China after Tianchi Lake, a volcanic body of water in Changbai Mountain in Northeast China

Northeast China

Northeast China, historically known in English as Manchuria, is a geographical region of China, consisting of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The region is sometimes called the Three Northeast Provinces...

.

Lost city

In 2001 it was reported that earthenware

Earthenware

Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects.-Types of earthenware:Although body formulations vary between countries and even between individual makers, a generic composition is 25% ball clay, 28% kaolin, 32% quartz, and 15%...

 and stonework covering an area of approximately 2.4-2.7 square kilometres had been discovered beneath the lake. Carbon dating circa 2007 confirmed an age of 1750 years, or approximately 257AD. It is thought that the remains may represent buildings from the ancient Dian Kingdom

Dian Kingdom

The Dian Kingdom was established by the Dian people, who lived around Lake Dian in northern Yunnan, China from the late Spring and Autumn Period until the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Dian buried their dead in vertical pit graves...

that slid in to the lake during an earthquake.

West

There are two major sites on the west of the lake, a military base at Lijiashan (speculated to be used for submarine testing and other forms of nautical engineering), and a tourism resort nearby.