Lake Dian

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Junk on Lake Dian, near Kunming, Yunnan province, southwestern China.

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Lake Dian: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Gloria Lotha

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: LakeNet - Dianchi, China.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 01, 2016
	Add new Web site: Cultural China - Scenery - Dianchi Lake: The Pearl in Yunnan.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 23, 2015
	Article updated and transliteration changed to Pinyin.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 16, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998