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Location of Zigetangcuo Lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. | |
Location | Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region |
Coordinates | 32°00′N 90°44′E / 32.000°N 90.733°E / 32.000; 90.733 |
Type | meromictic |
Basin countries | China |
Surface area | 187 km2 (72 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 4,560 m (14,960 ft) |
Tsige Dartso (Tibetan: ཙི་གེ་དར་མཚོ, Wylie: tsi ge dar mtsho, ZYPY: Tsige Dartso) or Zigetangcuo Lake (Chinese: 兹格塘错; pinyin: Zīgétáng cuò)[1] is a crenogenic[2] meromictic lake[3] in the North Tibetan Plateau.[4] It is located in Nagqu Prefecture, north of Dongqiao.[5] It has an area of 187 square kilometers[2] at an altitude of 4560 meters.[6] It is the meromictic lake with the highest known altitude.[2]
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