Dazecuo (, also known as Dagze Lake) is one of many inland

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s in

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

. It is a

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on the

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Qin, Huayu; Wang, Shang; Feng, Kai; He, Zhili (May 2019)
"Unraveling the diversity of sedimentary sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP) across Tibetan saline lakes using epicPCR".
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Xainza County Xainza County, also Shantsa, Shentsa, (; ) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. In 1999 the county had a population of 16,190. Geography The capital lies at Naktsang Town or Xainza. The county covers an area of . ...

within

Nagqu Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, ...

in the

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of China. It was reported in 2021 that the lake receives "good environmental protection". It has an area of 260 km² (100 square miles) and an elevation of 4,459 meters above sea level."Plateau lakes in Tibet with an altitude of more than 4,400 meters Dazecuo: good ecology and beautiful scenery". China News Agency. July 29, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2022. In 2021 the lake was 21.1 kilometers in length and 16.9 kilometers wide. In glacial times, the region was considerably wetter, and lakes were correspondingly much larger. Changes in climate have resulted in greater aridity on the

. The numerous concentric rings that circle the lake are

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shorelines, and attest to the historical presence of a larger, deeper lake.

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"Ali North Line, these lakes are waiting for you to check in"
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