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Dawa Lake

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Type
  
Salt lake

Max. length
  
16.5 km (10 mi)

Surface area
  
114.4 km (0 sq mi)

Area
  
114.4 km²

Basin countries
  
China

Max. width
  
11.4 km (7 mi)

Surface elevation
  
4,626 m

Catchment area
  
2,420 km²

Dawa Lake

Location
  
Coqên County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Dawa (Tibetan: ཟླ་བ་མཚོ, Wylie: zla ba mtsho; Chinese: 达瓦错; pinyin: Dáwă Cuò), or Dawacuo, is a lake in Coqên County in the Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is located several kilometres northwest of Coqên Town. Daxiong is a village located beyond its northeastern bank. The name of lake means "Moon Lake" in Tibetan language.

Map of Dawa Co, Coqen, Ngari, China

References

Dawa Lake Wikipedia