Longmu Lake
| Longmu Lake | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
| Coordinates | 34°36′52″N 80°27′36″E / 34.61444°N 80.46000°ECoordinates: 34°36′52″N 80°27′36″E / 34.61444°N 80.46000°E |
| Lake type | Salt lake |
| Catchment area | 570 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | China |
| Max. length | 17.2 km (11 mi) |
| Max. width | 9.1 km (6 mi) |
| Surface area | 97 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 5,002 m (16,411 ft) |
| References | |
Longmu (Tibetan: ལུང་མུ་མཚོ, Wylie: lung mu mtsho; Chinese: 龙木错; pinyin: Lóngmù Cuò）, also Longmu Co or Longmucuo, is a glacial lake in Rutog County in the Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was investigated in 1989 in a Sino-French expedition to western Tibet.
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