Renqingxiubu Lake

Renqingxiubu , or Renqingxiubucuo (Chinese: 仁青休布错; pinyin: Rénqīng Xiūbù Cuò), also known as Rinchen Shubtso (Tibetan: རིན་ཆེན་ཤུབས་མཚོ་, Wylie: rin chen shubs mtsho, ZYPY: Rinchen Shuptso ), is a salt lake in Zhongba County in the Shigatse Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is located about 45 kilometres northwest of Taruo Lake and southeast of Ang Laren Lake.[2]It is 21.5 km long and 16.4 km wide and has an area of 187.1 square km.[1]

Renqingxiubu Lake
Renqingxiubu Lake
LocationZhongba County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Coordinates31°16′58″N 83°27′19″E
Lake typeSalt lake
Catchment area2,369.9 km2 (900 sq mi)
Basin countriesChina
Max. length21.5 km (13 mi)
Max. width16.4 km (10 mi)
Surface area187.1 km2 (100 sq mi)
Surface elevation4,756 m (15,604 ft)
References[1]

References

  1. Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 409. ISBN 7-03-006706-1.
  2. Maps (Map). Google Maps.
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