Yamdrok Lake

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Lake Yamzho Yumco (at the top) and Lake Puma Yumco from space, November 1997
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Lake Yamzho Yumco (at the top) and Lake Puma Yumco from space, November 1997
Lake Yamdrok Tso photographed from the Gamta pass ("Friendship highway" from Lhasa to Gyantse)
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Lake Yamdrok Tso photographed from the Gamta pass ("Friendship highway" from Lhasa to Gyantse)

Yamdrok Lake (Tibetan: Yamdrok Yumtso, ཡར་འབྲོག་གཡུ་མཚོ་; Wylie: Yar-'brog G.yu-mtsho; ZWPY: Yamzho Yumco) is a lake located on the southern Tibetan Plateau (28°56′N 90°41′E) which is over 72 km (45 miles) long. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by numerous small streams. The lake does have an outlet stream at its far western end.

Yamdrok Lake has a power station that was completed and dedicated in 1996 near the small village of Pai-Ti at the lake’s western end. This power station is the largest in Tibet.

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