Bangda Lake (Tibetan: པང་བཏགས་མཚོ, Wylie: pang btags mtsho; Chinese: 邦达错; pinyin: Bāngdá Cuò),[lower-alpha 1] formerly called Yeshil Kul,[2][lower-alpha 2] is a glacial lake in Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies south of the western Kunlun Mountains, only a few kilometres to the southeast of Guozha Lake (Lake Lighten).[2]
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Location | Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
Coordinates | 34°56′56″N 81°34′16″E |
Catchment area | 3,314.5 km2 (1,300 sq mi) |
Basin countries | China |
Max. length | 15 km (9 mi) |
Max. width | 9.7 km (6 mi) |
Surface area | 106.5 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 4,902 m (16,083 ft) |
References | [1] |
Located at an altitude of 4902 metres, the Bangda Lake covers an area of 106 square kilometres with a maximum depth of 21.6 metres and contains 90 glaciers.[3]
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