Lacustrine groundwater discharge (LGD) has a profound impact on the status of lake ecosystems. The distinct spatial variability of LGD has been acknowledged, but corresponding research has rarely been conducted, especially in urban lakes with changing land use. In this study, the spatial variability of LGD in Tangxun Lake, the largest urban lake in Asia, was quantitatively estimated using the 222 Rn mass balance model.Catchments with different land use and hydrogeological conditions within the study area are divided into five regions. The results revealed three ranges of the LGD rate in five regions: the first range of 25 mm/day (region II: 27.25 ± 8.38 mm/day and region IV: 23.04 ± 7.51 mm/day), the second range of 15 mm/day (region III: 14.16 ± 5.64 mm/day), and the third range of 10 mm/day (region I: 10.61 ± 4.31 mm/day, region V: 9.05 ± 3.60 mm/day). Here, we found that the LGD rate of urban lakes was
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