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Erhai Lake is a lake in the Chinese province of Yunnan. The lake is famous for the special method of fishing used by people living on its shores: trained cormorants are used to catch fish and return them to the villagers.


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BIGpedia - Erhai Lake - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (288 words)
Erhai Lake (etymologically Ear-shaped Sea because of its effective shape) is an alpine lake in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan.
Erhai Lake was also known as Yeyuze or Kunming Lake in ancient times.
In size, the North-South length of the lake is 40 km and the East-West width is roughly 7-8 km.
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