Abstract
The assumption that the Qinghai Lake was once a drained lake and later became an interior lake due to the uplift of the Riyue Mountain has been widely accepted in the past.In this paper,the ancient fluvial facies and lacustrine facies were explored in its dimensional layout on the basis of some satellite data from ETM and ASTER.Statistical analysis of its sedimentary characteristics and chronostratigraphic studies indicate that the main stream of the Yellow River was the Buha River,which passed through the Qinghai Lake and connected the major stream course of the Yellow River in Guide Basin at 0.10 Ma.Along with the uplift of the Riyue Mountain,the Qinghai Lake became an interior lake and shrank rapidly;at the same time,the Yellow River was forced to cut through Longyang Valley and continued its development in Gonghe Basin.
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