Lugu Lake is located in the northwest of the Yunnan plateau, with the middle of the lake forming the border between the Ninglang County of Yunnan Province and the Yanyuan County of Sichuan Province.
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11 Facts About Lugu Lake
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Lugu Lake's shores are inhabited by many minority ethnic groups, such as the Mosuo, Norzu, Yi, Pumi and Tibetan.
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Lugu Lake is a natural lake in the Hengduan Mountain System, and has a horseshoe shape.
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Lugu Lake is hemmed on both sides by steep mountains and partially forested slopes; it is fed by the Mosuo River and drained by the Gaizu River, which joins the Yalong River and eventually merges into the Jingshajiang River or the Yangtze River.
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Lugu Lake came out of the house and started running after the visitor spirit.
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Lugu Lake then cast seven of her pearls into the lake, which became the seven islands.
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Lugu Lake turned herself into a mountain in order to keep a watch on the lake and to look at her lover in the east, who had earlier turned into a mountain.
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Lugu Lake, set in the subalpine zone in the southern Hengduan Mountains, is a pine-covered ecoregion.
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The studies reported that there are now 12 fish species in Lugu Lake, which belong to 10 genera, four families and three orders.
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Yang Erche Namu, a Chinese born in a small village near Lugu Lake, is a famous writer and singer of Mosuo ethnicity.
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Lugu Lake has written several books including the one titled Leaving Mother Lake, her first book in English.
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