The West Lake is located in China, near the city of Hangzhou, and is a popular tourist destination for the Chinese. The lake is considered a prototype of മനോഹരമായ സൗന്ദര്യം and is mentioned in എണ്ണമറ്റ texts by ചൈനീസ് കവികളുടെ. Since 2011 it is part of the ലോക പൈതൃക പട്ടിക യുനെസ്കോയുടെ.ലാ legend has it that it was generated by the fall of a pearl of the Milky Way. It is ആഴം, ശരാശരി 1.8 മീറ്റർ, has a perimeter of about 12 km and an extension of 5.6 കി. മീ. 2.
The lake is divided into three ഭാഗങ്ങൾ by രണ്ട് അണക്കെട്ടുകൾ that serve to regulate the inflow of water from the hills surrounding: the dam to the North, called Baidi, starts from the north-east shore and എത്തുന്നത് Gushan ദ്വീപ്, while the one to the West is called Sudi and ഭിന്നിപ്പിക്കുന്ന the lake from North to South. ആദ്യ കഴിയും സഞ്ചരിച്ച by car, while the second only on foot or by bicycle. In the lake. there are four ദ്വീപുകൾ. The most important is called Gushan (ഏകാന്തമായ hill).