Basin countries China Max. width 19.4 km (12 mi) Surface elevation 4,528 m Length 71.7 km Catchment area 8,220 km² | Max. length 71.7 km (45 mi) Surface area 835.8 km (300 sq mi) Area 835.8 km² Width 19.4 km | |
 | ||
Type Endorheic, Saline, Permanent, Natural Primary inflows | ||
Tangra Yumco (Tibetan: དྭངས་རྭ་གཡུ་མཚོ, Wylie: dwangs rwa g.yu mtsho, Chinese: 当惹雍错) is a salt lake in Tibet, it is in the southwest of Nyima County. Tangra Yumco is 835.8 square kilometres (322.7 sq mi), with a drainage area of 8,219.7 square kilometres (3,173.6 sq mi), an elevation of 4,528 metres (14,856 ft), length 71.7 kilometres (44.6 mi) and mean width 11.65 kilometres (7.24 mi) (maximum width 19.4 metres [64 ft]). It is the holy lake of the Bön believers.
Map of Tangra Yumco, Nyima, Nagqu, China
References
Tangra Yumco Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA