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Jiesa Lake

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Lake type
  
Freshwater lake

Max. length
  
32.1 km (20 mi)

Surface area
  
146.4 km (100 sq mi)

Area
  
146.4 km²

Basin countries
  
China

Max. width
  
7.2 km (4 mi)

Surface elevation
  
5,201 m

Catchment area
  
946 km²

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

Jiesa Lake (Chinese: 杰萨错; pinyin: Jiésà Cuò) or Gyesar Tso (Tibetan: སྒྱེ་གསར་མཚོ, Wylie: sgye gsar mtsho, ZYPY: Gyesar Tso) is a lake in Coqên County in the Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is located southwest of Coqên Town. Fed by 27 small streams, it is 32.1 km long and 7.2 km wide and has an area of 146.4 square km.

Map of Gyesar Co, Coqen, Ngari, China

References

Jiesa Lake Wikipedia