Huguangyan in Zhanjiang is a crater lake. This type of lake is composed of a low flat crater that forms during a phreatomagmatic eruption induced by the interaction of hot magma with groundwater. This type of lake is also known as a maar. Huguangyan has an area of 2.3 km2 and a water depth of 22 m. It is one of the maars of the Leiqiong volcanic zone. It never dries up and has a self-cleansing ability (Fig. 28).
Maar-type crater landscape at Huguangyan, Zhanjiang
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(2020). Huguangyan Maar Lake Landscape, Zhanjiang. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1111
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