| Siling Lake / Siling Co | |
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| Location | Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet |
| Basin countries | Tibet |
Sêling Co is a lake in central Tibet on the Tibetan plateau. Doijiang is located near the lake.
The lake lies at an altitude of 4530 meters. It is a salt lake. It is fed by the rivers Za'gya Zangbo (扎加藏布) and the Boques Tsangpo (波 曲 藏 布).
The temperature at the lake is an annual average of -3 to -0.6 ° C, the maximum annual temperature 9.4 ° C. The average rainfall is 290 millimeters per year, 90 percent of which falls in the months of June to September, often in the summer as hail. Use [Edit]
The lake is part of a national nature reserve. The lake only has a single species, Gymnocypris selincuoensis, exploited by fishermen. The prairie on the banks of the lake is traditionally used as grazing land for yaks and sheep.
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