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Lake Urru
Urru Lake (; ）is a plateau lake in Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest of China, located between Nyima County and Xainza County. The lake, which is part of the Siling Lake drainage system, is fed by several rivers and drains eastward into Jargö Lake. It is 33.6 km long and 13.4 km wide and has an area of 342.7 square km. See also * Bangecuo * Gomang Co * Namtso Namtso or Lake Nam (officially: Namco; ; ; ; “Heavenly Lake” in European literature: Tengri Nor, ) is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefecture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet ... * Notes {{reflist Urru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freshwater Lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from the ocean, although they may be connected with the ocean by rivers. Lakes, as with other bodies of water, are part of the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Most lakes are fresh water and account for almost all the world's surface freshwater, but some are salt lakes with salinities even higher than that of seawater. Lakes vary significantly in surface area and volume of water. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which are also water-filled basins on land, although there are no official definitions or scientific criteria distinguishing the two. Lakes are also distinct from lagoons, which are generally shallow tidal pools dammed by sandbars or other material at coastal regions of oceans or large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagqu Prefecture
Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Autonomous regions of China, Chinese autonomous region of Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa, Shigatse, Chamdo, Nyingchi and Shannan, Tibet, Shannan. The regional area, covering an area of , is bordered by Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Bayingolin and Hotan Prefectures of Xinjiang to the north, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Haixi, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yushu Prefectures of Qinghai and Chamdo to the east, Nyingchi, Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa and Shigatse to the south, Ngari Prefecture to the west. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 462,381. Since its official establishment in 2018, it is the largest prefecture-level city by area in the world, being slightly larger than Sweden. Nagqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area (administrative division), Tibet Area, a former administrative division of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. The current borders of the Tibet Autonomous Region were generally established in the 18th century and include about half of Tibet, cultural Tibet, which was at times independent and at times under Mongol or Chinese rule. The TAR spans more than and is the second-largest Administrative divisions of China, province-level division of China by area. Due to its harsh and rugged terrain, it has a total population of only 3.6 million people or approximately . Names and etymologies Tibet Autonomous Region is often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Hanyu Pinyin. The earliest official record of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyima County
Nyima County (; zh, s=尼玛县) is the westernmost Counties of the People's Republic of China, county-level division under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The northern part of the county is within the Changtang area. With an area of and a population of 33,006 (2020), it has an average population density of approximately 0.53 people per square kilometre. It is situated in the central-northern part of the Tibetan Plateau, between Nagqu's Shuanghu County to the east and Ngari Prefecture, Ngari's Gêrzê County to the west. Administrative divisions The county is divided into 1 Towns of the People's Republic of China, town and 13 Townships of the People's Republic of China, townships: Gallery Location of Nyima within Xizang (China).png, Location of Nyima County within Tibet (outdated map, shows the situation in 2007, before the establishment of Shuanghu County in 2012) NH-45-2 Tanyang Hu China.jpg, Map including part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xainza County
Xainza County, also Shantsa, Shentsa, (; zh, c=申扎县) 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 . Until recent times the County extended all the way from the borders of Xinjiang in the north to the Brahmaputra River in the south, covering a larger area than the United Kingdom. It has since been split into two, Shentsa (Xainza) County and the new Nyima County to the east.Dorje (2009), p. 396. "In this region there are 67 lakes, including some of Tibet's largest: Serling Lake, Serling, Dangra Yutso, Ngangtse-tso, Kering-tso, Taktse-tse and Uru-tso. In the northeast there are a number of 6,000 m peaks including Purok Gangri and Norla Gangri , not to mention the Kunlun Mountains, Kunlun mountains on the Xinjiang border further north. The entire northern region forms part of the Jangtang Nature Reserve. Ten large salt fields te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siling Lake
Siling Lake (; ), (also known as Qilin or Selincuo) is a salt lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China to the north of Xainza. Doijiang is located near the lake. Administratively it belongs to Xainza County and Baingoin County of the Nagqu. Bangecuo is another nearby salt lake located east of Siling Lake, around four miles away. Overview The lake lies at an altitude of . It is a salt lake. It is fed by the rivers Za'gya Zangbo (or Tsagya Tsangpo) (扎加藏布) and the Boques Tsangpo (波曲藏布). With an area of , Siling Co is the second largest saltwater lake in the northern Tibetan Plateau and forms part of the Xainza Nature Reserve. The reserve was established in 1993 and contains significant populations of black-necked crane The black-necked crane (''Grus nigricollis'') is a medium-sized crane (bird), crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan. It is long with a wingspan, and it weighs . It is whitish-gray, with a bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangecuo
Bangecuo (also spelled as Bangor Co, ; ) is a graben basin salt lakeWang, Can; Wang, Hailei; Song, Gao; Zheng, Mianping (February 2019)"Grain size of surface sediments in Selin Co (central Tibet) linked to water depth and offshore distance" ''Journal of Paleolimnology''. 61(2):1-13. DOI:10.1007/s10933-018-0054-8 on the Tibetan Plateau in Xainza County within Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was reported in 2003 that the water levels of Siling Lake and Bangecuo had increased by 19.34% since 1969. Siling Lake is another nearby salt lake located west of Bangecuo, around four miles away. See also * Dazecuo * Gomang Co * Lake Urru * Namtso References Further reading * Lv, P., Qu, Y. G., Li, W. Q., & Wang, H. S. (2003). "Shelincuo and Bangecuo extensional lake basins in the northern part of Tibet and present chasmic activities." Jilin Geol, 22, 15–19. External links * Li Pu, (1955)"Bangecuo Formation".''Chinese Science Bulletin ''Science Bulletin'' (shorten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomang Co
Gomang Co (also spelled as Guomang Cuo and Guomangcuo, ; ) is a mountain graben basin lake on the Tibetan Plateau in Xainza County within Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Gomang Co has a Köppen climate classification of existing in a tundra climate. The lake's water level is controlled by its outlet toward Siling Lake, which is north of Gomang Co. See also * Bangecuo * Dazecuo * Lake Urru * Namtso Namtso or Lake Nam (officially: Namco; ; ; ; “Heavenly Lake” in European literature: Tengri Nor, ) is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefecture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet ... References Further reading * External links * Lakes of Tibet Xainza County {{Nagqu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namtso
Namtso or Lake Nam (officially: Namco; ; ; ; “Heavenly Lake” in European literature: Tengri Nor, ) is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefecture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, approximately NNW of Lhasa. Geography Namtso (Namco) is a lake that first formed during the Paleogene age, as a result of Himalayan tectonic plate movements. The lake lies at an elevation of , and has a surface area of . This salt lake is the largest lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region. However, it is not the largest lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. That title belongs to Qinghai Lake (more than twice the size of Namtso); which lies more than to the north-east in Qinghai. Namtso has five uninhabited islands of reasonable size, in addition to one or two rocky outcrops. The islands have been used for spiritual retreat by pilgrims who walk over the lake's frozen surface at the end of winter, carrying their f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
