Poyang Lake

British

/ ˈpɔːˈjæŋ /

noun

a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In China's Poyang Lake, the country's largest freshwater lake, the researchers calculated that rotifers were creating 13.3 quadrillion particles every single day.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, entered its dry season on Thursday, the earliest start to the season since record-keeping began in the 1950s, according to the authorities in Jiangxi Province.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Among the many striking images is a pattern left in the mud flats around Poyang Lake, usually the largest freshwater body in the country, which has shrunk by more than two-thirds.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022

China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake in Jiangxi province, has shrunk by about 75%. according to local authorities.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2022

The work has gone on well, and patients have come to us even from distant cities clear on the other side of Poyang Lake.

From Notable Women of Modern China by Burton, Margaret E.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023