Longmu Lake

Longmu Lake
Location Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Coordinates 34°36′52″N 80°27′36″E / 34.61444°N 80.46000°E / 34.61444; 80.46000Coordinates: 34°36′52″N 80°27′36″E / 34.61444°N 80.46000°E / 34.61444; 80.46000
Lake type Salt lake
Catchment area 570 km2 (200 sq mi)
Basin countries China
Max. length 17.2 km (11 mi)
Max. width 9.1 km (6 mi)
Surface area 97 km2 (0 sq mi)
Average depth 1 m (3 ft)
Surface elevation 5,002 m (16,411 ft)
References [1]

Longmu (Tibetan: ལུང་མུ་མཚོ, Wylie: lung mu mtsho ; Chinese: 龙木错; pinyin: Lóngmù Cuò）, also Longmu Co or Longmucuo, is a glacial lake in Rutog County in the Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was investigated in 1989 in a Sino-French expedition to western Tibet.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 417. ISBN 7-03-006706-1.
  2. ↑ Fontes, J.Ch (1993). "Table isotope and radiocarbon balances of two Tibetan lakes (Sumxi Co, Longmu Co) from 13,000 BP". Quaternary Science Reviews. 12: 875–887. doi:10.1016/0277-3791(93)90026-I. Retrieved 9 April 2012.


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