在海拔2200米的贵州西部“屋脊”上,有一颗镶嵌在群山环抱中的绿色明珠,它就是草海。草海座落在威宁彝族回族苗族自治县西南近郊,湖面海拔2174米,为地质构造控制形成的典型的喀斯特湖泊。草海故称“南海”。它形成的历史,至少已有几百万年。最初,那一带只是一些积水的大大小小的岩溶盆地,其后几次成湖。约一百多万年前,是最后一次成湖。如今,草海是贵州 At 2200 meters above sea level in western Guizhou “ridge ”, there is a mosaic of green pearl surrounded by mountains, it is Caohai. Caohai is located in the southwestern suburbs of the Hui and Miao Autonomous County of Weining. The lake is 2174 meters above sea level, and is a typical karst lake formed by geological structural control. Caohai so called “South China Sea ”. It formed a history of at least millions of years. Initially, that area was only a few large and small karst basin of water, then into the lake several times. About a million years ago, is the last lake. Today, Caohai is Guizhou