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Zhari Namco

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Basin countries
  
China

Max. width
  
26.2 km (16 mi)

Surface elevation
  
4,613 m

Length
  
54.3 km

Catchment area
  
15,433 km²

Max. length
  
54.3 km (34 mi)

Surface area
  
996.9 km (400 sq mi)

Area
  
996.9 km²

Width
  
26.2 km

Shore length
  
183 km

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Type
  
Endorheic, Saline, Permanent, Natural

Primary inflows
  
Cuoqin Zangbu, Dalong Zangbu

Zhari Namco or Zhari Nanmu or Lake Trari Nam (Tibetan: བཀྲ་རི་གནམ་མཚོ, Wylie: bkra ri gnam mtsho, Chinese: 扎日南木错) is a salt lake in Tibet, it is bounded on the west by the Ngari Prefecture of Coqên County, and on the east by the Ngamring County of Shigatse Prefecture. Zhari Namco is 996.9 square kilometres (384.9 sq mi), with a drainage area of 15,433.2 square kilometres (5,958.8 sq mi), an elevation of 4,613 metres (15,135 ft), length 54.3 kilometres (33.7 mi) and mean width 18.36 kilometres (11.41 mi) (maximum width 26.2 kilometres [16.3 mi]). It is located east of Coqên Town in southern Tibet.

Map of Zhari Namco, China

References

Zhari Namco Wikipedia