Namtso

Endorheischer salt lake

Nam Co, also Namtsho ( Tib: gnam mtsho, in Tibetan. གནམ་མཚོ་, Chinese纳木错/纳木错, Pinyin Namu CuO; mong Tengrinor, Heavenly Lake ') is a salt lake in Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

It lies at the northern foot of the mountain in Nyainqentanglha 4,718 meters above sea level on the border between the districts of Damxung ( ' dam gzhung ;当 雄Chinese, Pinyin Dangxiong ) and Baingoin ( dpal mgon; Chinese班 戈, Pinyin Bange ) and covers an area of over 1,855 square kilometers, according to the Qinghai Lake ( Kokonor ) is the second largest salt lake in China. Its expansion from east to west is about 70 km from north to south over 30 kilometers. According to recent studies, its maximum depth is 125 m and about 50% of the lake is more than 90 m deep. A peninsula of the lake provides Tashi Dor.

In the late Pleistocene of the Nam Co was formed together with the Serling Tso is a lake with an area of ​​28,900 square kilometers.

To the west