Longmu Lake

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 explored in 1989 in a Sino-French expedition to western Tibet.[2]

Longmu Lake
Longmu Lake
LocationRutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Coordinates34°36′52″N 80°27′36″E
Lake typeSalt lake
Catchment area570 km2 (200 sq mi)
Basin countriesChina
Max. length17.2 km (11 mi)
Max. width9.1 km (6 mi)
Surface area97 km2 (0 sq mi)
Average depth1 m (3 ft)
Surface elevation5,002 m (16,411 ft)
References[1]

Climate

Map including Longmu Lake (labeled as TSAGGAR TSHO) and surrounding region (AMS, 1950)[lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. From map: "THE DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES ON THIS MAP MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE."

References

  1. Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-7-03-006706-7.
  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 (10): 875–887. doi:10.1016/0277-3791(93)90026-I.


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