<p>Supporting Information</p><p>Fig. S1 Daily mean precipitation (1951-2008) in the Kunming City, located in the center of the Yunnan Plateau. </p><p>Fig. S2 Land use composition in the watershed of nine plateau lakes. The name of each lake corresponding to each number is shown in Table. 3. Percentages are less than 100 because unused land is not included in analyses. </p><p>Table S1 The geographic location and morphology characteristics of nine lakes in the</p><p>Yunnan Plateau. </p><p>1 12</p><p>) 10 m m (</p><p> n</p><p> o 8 i t a t i p i</p><p> c 6 e r p</p><p> n</p><p> a 4 e m</p><p> y l</p><p> i 2 a D 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Months Fig. S1 </p><p>2 Vegetation Cropland Built-up land Water body</p><p>100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Watershed</p><p>Fig. S2</p><p>3 Table S1 The geographic location and morphology characteristics of nine lakes in the Yunnan Plateau. </p><p>Longitude Latitude Elevation Mean depth Maximum depth Surface area Catchment area Volume Lake (°E) (°N) (m) (m) (m) (km2) (km2) (108 m3) 1. Chenghai Lake 26.54 100.66 1503 25.7 35.1 77.22 229 19.87 2. Dianchi Lake 102.63 24.75 1886 4.4 10.4 297.9 2866 11.69 3. Erhai Lake 100.18 25.78 1974 10.2 20.7 249 2785 25.31 4. Fuxianhu Lake 102.88 24.48 1721 89.6 155 211 1084 189 5. Luguhu Lake 27.72 100.79 2691 40.3 93.5 48.45 171 19.53 6. Qiluhu Lake 24.18 102.77 1797 4 6.8 36.86 341 1.49 7. Xingyunhu Lake 24.50 102.77 1722 5.3 11 34.71 378 1.84 8. Yangzonghai Lake 24.90 103.00 1771 19.5 30 31.68 192 6.17 9. Yilonghu Lake 23.67 102.57 1412 2.4 6.2 38 304 1.05</p><p>4</p>