Lakes on the Tibet Plateau (2015)

The dataset is clipped from the Chinese lake map by the vector boundary of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The lake database is obtained by on-the-spot investigation, remote-sensing interpretation, which consist the area over 10-square-kilometer lakes. The lake code is based on lake classification. The Chinese Lake Code currently uses 8 digits. The first and second digits indicate the province where the lake is located; The third, fourth and fifth digits represent the sequence of the lake in the province; The sixth digit is on behalf of the lake surface area; The seventh number means the amount of water in the lake, that is, the volume of the lake.