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| Inle Lake | |
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| Location | Shan State |
| Coordinates | 20°33′N 96°55′E / 20.55°N 96.917°E / 20.55; 96.917Coordinates: 20°33′N 96°55′E / 20.55°N 96.917°E / 20.55; 96.917 |
| Primary outflows | Nam Pilu |
| Basin countries | Burma |
| Surface area | 44.9 sq mi (116 km2) |
| Average depth | 5 ft (1.5 m) (dry season) |
| Max. depth | 12 ft (3.7 m) (dry season; +5 ft in monsoon season) |
| Surface elevation | 2,900 ft (880 m) |
Inle Lake (Burmese: 
; IPA: [ínlé kàn]) is a freshwater lake located in the mountains of Shan State in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of 44.9 square miles (116 km2), and one of the highest at an altitude of 2,900 feet (880 m). During the dry season, the average water depth is 7 feet (2.1 m), with the deepest point being 12 feet (3.7 m), but during the rainy season this can increase by 5 feet (1.5 m).
The watershed area for the lake lies to a large extent to the north and west of the lake. The lake drains through the Nam Pilu or Balu Chaung on its southern end. There is a hot spring on its northwestern shore.
Although not a large lake, there is a number of endemic species. Over twenty species of snails and nine species of fish are found nowhere else in the world. Some of these, like the silver-blue scaleless Sawbwa barb (Sawbwa resplendens), the Crossbanded dwarf danio (Microrasbora erythromicron), and Inle danio (Inlecypris auropurpurea), are of minor commercial importance for the aquarium trade
