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'''Yangcheng Lake''' ({{zh|c={{linktext|阳|澄|湖}}|p=Yángchéng Hú}}) is a [[freshwater lake]] in [[Suzhou]], [[Jiangsu province]], [[China]], about {{cvt|3|km}} northeast of the city center. The lake is {{cvt|17|km}} long from north to south, with an average width of {{cvt|8|km}} from east to west with a surface area of about {{cvt|20|km2}}, and ranges in depth from {{cvt|1.5|-|2|m}}.<ref name="MyUser_M.ycnews.cn_December_31_2020c">{{cite web |url=http://m.ycnews.cn/p/473496.html |title=守护碧水同时，苏州这样保护中国三大古蟹的"唯一幸存者" |newspaper=M.ycnews.cn |access-date= December 31, 2020}}</ref>

'''Yangcheng Lake''' ({{lang-zh|c={{linktext|阳|澄|湖}}|p=Yángchéng Hú}}) is a [[freshwater lake]] in [[Suzhou]], [[Jiangsu province]], [[China]], about {{cvt|3|km}} northeast of the city center. The lake is {{cvt|17|km}} long from north to south, with an average width of {{cvt|8|km}} from east to west with a surface area of about {{cvt|20|km2}}, and ranges in depth from {{cvt|1.5|-|2|m}}.<ref name="MyUser_M.ycnews.cn_December_31_2020c">{{cite web |url=http://m.ycnews.cn/p/473496.html |title=守护碧水同时，苏州这样保护中国三大古蟹的"唯一幸存者" |newspaper=M.ycnews.cn |access-date= December 31, 2020}}</ref>

Yangcheng lake is located between [[Lake Tai]] and the [[Yangtze]] River. It crosses the boundary between the Suzhou and the [[county-level cities]] of [[Changshu]] and [[Kunshan]]. The {{cvt|2310|m|mi|adj=on}}-long Yangcheng West Lake Tunnel (阳澄西湖隧道) runs underneath the lake,<ref name="MyUser_Jtj.suzhou.gov.cn_December_31_2020c">{{cite web |url=http://jtj.suzhou.gov.cn/szjt/glgl/201909/b64373fa712b4251b96365bdeb2c7004.shtml |title=省厅公路事业发展中心检查组检查我市普通国省道公路隧道管养情况_公路管理_苏州市交通运输局 |newspaper=Jtj.suzhou.gov.cn |access-date= December 31, 2020}}</ref> and the lake itself is served by both a mainline high-speed railway station [[Yangchenghu railway station]] and 2 stations of the [[Suzhou Metro]] system: [[Yangchenghu South station]] on [[Line 5 (Suzhou Metro)|Line 5]] and Yangchenghu East on [[Line 11 (Suzhou Metro)|Line 11]].

Yangcheng lake is located between [[Lake Tai]] and the [[Yangtze]] River. It crosses the boundary between the Suzhou and the [[county-level cities]] of [[Changshu]] and [[Kunshan]]. The {{cvt|2310|m|mi|adj=on}}-long Yangcheng West Lake Tunnel (阳澄西湖隧道) runs underneath the lake,<ref name="MyUser_Jtj.suzhou.gov.cn_December_31_2020c">{{cite web |url=http://jtj.suzhou.gov.cn/szjt/glgl/201909/b64373fa712b4251b96365bdeb2c7004.shtml |title=省厅公路事业发展中心检查组检查我市普通国省道公路隧道管养情况_公路管理_苏州市交通运输局 |newspaper=Jtj.suzhou.gov.cn |access-date= December 31, 2020}}</ref> and the lake itself is served by both a mainline high-speed railway station [[Yangchenghu railway station]] and 2 stations of the [[Suzhou Metro]] system: [[Yangchenghu South station]] on [[Line 5 (Suzhou Metro)|Line 5]] and Yangchenghu East on [[Line 11 (Suzhou Metro)|Line 11]].

* [http://www.chinadaily.net/en/doc/2003-10/21/content_274117.htm China Daily article on faked origins of Hairy Crabs]

* [http://www.chinadaily.net/en/doc/2003-10/21/content_274117.htm China Daily article on faked origins of Hairy Crabs]

* [http://www.suzhou.gov.cn/English/travel/81.shtml Article on the lake and the crab by the Suzhou government]

* [http://www.suzhou.gov.cn/English/travel/81.shtml Article on the lake and the crab by the Suzhou government]

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