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Lake Urru

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Type
  
Freshwater lake

Max. length
  
33.6 km (21 mi)

Surface area
  
342.7 km (100 sq mi)

Area
  
342.7 km²

Basin countries
  
China

Max. width
  
13.4 km (8 mi)

Surface elevation
  
4,548 m

Catchment area
  
14,262 km²

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Urru Lake (Tibetan: འུར་རུ་མཚོ, Wylie: ur ru mtsho; Chinese: 吴如错; pinyin: Wúrú Cuò)is a plateau lake in Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest of China, located between Nyima County and Xainza County. The lake, which is part of the Siling Lake drainage system, is fed by several rivers and drains eastward into Jargö Lake. It is 33.6 km long and 13.4 km wide and has an area of 342.7 square km.

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Lake Urru Wikipedia